My readers, few in number but stout in digestion, will testify, I am sure, that irony is my mainstay.

Well, here’s a juicy morsel, straight from the Irony Mine at 400 Second Street, NW, snug inside the Beltway.

It’s the doleful tale of Jerry L. Vandagriff, Deceased, Docket No. 10437-13, filed 7/2/15, told straight-faced by Judge Paris.

Here’s the whole story: “The Court having been informed that petitioner is now deceased, it is

ORDERED that petitioner’s e-filing privileges are revoked.” Order, at p. 1.