25-003417 SAD grant.pdf

Alfa Kibbi Properties LLC, Petitioner V City Of Detroit, Respondent · 25-003417-TT

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STATE OF MICHIGAN

 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

GOVERNOR 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

LANSING

MARLON I. BROWN, DPA 

DIRECTOR 

 

 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL · 611 W. OTTAWA ST., LANSING, MI 48933 · 517-335-9760 

PO BOX 30232, LANSING, MI 48909 · Other Carriers: 2407 N. GRAND RIVER AVE., LANSING, MI 48906 

Alfa Kibbi Properties LLC, 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

 

Petitioner, 

SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION 

 

v 

 

MTT Docket No. 25-003417 

 

City of Detroit, 

 

Presiding Judge 

Respondent. 

 

Patricia L. Halm 

 

ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT 

 

ORDER OF PARTIAL DISMISSAL 

 

On January 29, 2026, Respondent filed an answer and a motion requesting the Tribunal 

set aside the default entered in this case on December 10, 2025. 

 

Petitioner has not filed a response to the motion. 

 

The Tribunal has considered the motion and the case file and finds that Respondent 

was held in default because they failed to file an answer. Respondent failed to respond 

and the Tribunal entered an order extending the time to cure on January 13, 2026. 

Having now filed the answer and requisite motion, Respondent has complied with the 

Tribunal’s orders as required by TTR 237. As such, the Tribunal finds good cause to 

grant the motion and set aside the default. 

 

Further, the Tribunal finds that Petitioner’s appeal includes an appeal of the 

classification of the subject property. The Tribunal has no jurisdiction over Petitioner’s 

classification claim because Petitioner was required to “notify the assessor and [] 

protest the assigned classification to the March board of review.” Additionally, “[a]n 

owner . . . may appeal the decision of the March board of review by filing a petition with 

the state tax commission not later than June 30 in that tax year.” As such, the Tribunal 

is not the proper venue for a classification claim brought forward by a property owner. 

 

Therefore, 

 

IT IS ORDERED that Respondent’s Motion to Set Aside Default is GRANTED. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner’s classification appeal only is DISMISSED. 

 

 

Entered: February 26, 2026 

 

 

By _____________________________ 

kac

MTT Docket No. 25-003417 

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PROOF OF SERVICE 

 

I certify that a copy of the foregoing was sent on the entry date indicated above to the 

parties or their attorneys or authorized representatives, if any, utilizing either the mailing 

or email addresses on file, as provided by those parties, attorneys, or authorized 

representatives. 

 

By: Tribunal Clerk

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