ORDERS:
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
By letter dated September 18, 2002, R. Thayer Rivers, Jr., attorney for Petitioners in the above-captioned cases, indicated
that Petitioners no longer wish to pursue this matter and that they would make arrangements to pay the disputed taxes that
gave rise to these cases. As a result of this stated intent to no longer prosecute this matter, Petitioners have not filed several
preliminary documents in these cases as ordered by this tribunal, most recently by an Order of Continuance dated August 1,
2002. However, because Petitioners had not filed a document specifically requesting a dismissal of this case and had not
paid the disputed taxes, by an Order dated October 24, 2002, this tribunal required Petitioners to apprise this tribunal of
whether they intended to pursue these cases by October 30, 2002. The Order further specified that if the requested response
had not been received by that date, these cases would be dismissed. Nevertheless, as of October 30, 2002, this tribunal has
not received the requested information from Petitioners.
Therefore, as Petitioners' most recent correspondence with this tribunal indicated their intent to no longer pursue these
cases, as Petitioners are in default with regard to their preliminary tax statements in this matter, see ALJD Rule 23, and as
Petitioners have not responded to this tribunal's Order of October 24, 2002,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the above-captioned cases are DISMISSED with prejudice.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
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JOHN D. GEATHERS
Administrative Law Judge
October 31, 2002
Columbia, South Carolina |
