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          also contained other frivolous and groundless statements,                   
          contentions, and arguments.                                                 
               On January 9, 2004, the Court denied petitioner’s motion for           
          judgment on the pleadings.                                                  
               By notice dated February 10, 2004, the Court set this case             
          for trial at the Court’s Dallas, Texas, session beginning April             
          26, 2004.  This notice specifically stated:  “YOUR FAILURE TO               
          APPEAR MAY RESULT IN DISMISSAL OF THE CASE AND ENTRY OF DECISION            
          AGAINST YOU.”                                                               
               On March 8, 2004, petitioner filed a motion for continuance.           
               On March 17, 2004, the Court denied petitioner’s motion for            
          continuance.  The Court also ordered that petitioner’s request              
          for admissions be returned to petitioner unfiled, and that                  
          petitioner and respondent meet as soon as practical for purposes            
          of informal discovery and to complete a stipulation of facts as             
          required by Rule 91 (March 17 order).  In the March 17 order, we            
          stated:  “Respondent further objects that petitioner’s request              
          document ‘requests respondent to admit to matters that are                  
          irrelevant, conclusions of law, frivolous arguments and not                 
          properly discoverable.’  We do not disagree.”                               
               On March 18, 2004, petitioner filed a motion to remove the             
          small tax case designation and another document the Court filed             
          as petitioner’s pretrial memorandum.  The pretrial memorandum               







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