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          Harris to represent him.  On May 10, 2002, the Appeals officer              
          again telephoned petitioner (May 10, 2002 telephone call) but was           
          unable to reach him.  The Appeals officer left petitioner another           
          message requesting petitioner to telephone him.  Petitioner did             
          not respond to the April 11, 2002 telephone call or the May 10,             
          2002 telephone call.                                                        
               On May 22, 2002, the Appeals Office mailed to petitioner a             
          notice of determination concerning collection action(s) under               
          [section] 63303 (notice of determination).  The notice of deter-            
          mination stated in pertinent part:                                          
               Summary of Determination                                               
                    !    Your request for a Collection Due Process                    
                         (CDP) hearing was timely filed; accordingly,                 
                         you were entitled to a CDP Hearing,                          
                    !    You failed to prosecute or pursue your re-                   
                         quest for a hearing,                                         
                    !    You stated in your request that you signed                   
                         July 11, 2001, that you need time to obtain                  
                         documents and information, you have had sub-                 
                         stantial time for this, but have not provided                
                         anything,                                                    
                    !    A viable collection alternative is not viable                
                         as you have not responded and are not current                
                         in filing delinquent returns,                                
                    !    Since you have not responded, the proposed                   
                         levy action balances the efficient collection                
                         of taxes with the taxpayer’s legitimate con-                 
                         cern that the collection action be no more                   

               3All section references are to the Internal Revenue Code in            
          effect at all relevant times.  All Rule references are to the Tax           
          Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.                                      





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