Schoppe v. Comr., 711 F.3d 1190 (10th Cir. 2013), aff'g., T.C. Memo. 2012-153, cert. den., No. 13-6098, 2013 U.S. LEXIS 6524 (U.S. Sup. Ct. Oct. 7, 2013)

(petitioner was real estate agent, broker and instructor of real estate licensing classes in addition to financial planner and insurance agent; petitioner failed to file income tax returns and didn't pay tax; petitioner filed Tax Court petition, but court upheld determinations of IRS including penalties; petitioner filed appeal and also filed bankruptcy during pendency of appeal; automatic stay inapplicable to case because Tax Court petition is independent judicial proceeding initiated by debtor; decision agrees with decisions of the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 11th Circuits, but is opposite to a decision of the 9th Circuit).