Cyr v. Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission

Opinion

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

No. 1D2023-0840 _____________________________

JESSICA CYR,

Appellant,

v.

REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE APPEALS COMMISSION,

Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission. Charles T. Faircloth, Jr., Chairman.

February 14, 2024

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the order of the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission dismissing Appellant’s administrative appeal as untimely. See § 443.151(4)(b)1., Fla. Stat. (2022) (allowing twenty days for filing appeal); Stuart v. Fla. Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 961 So. 2d 1020, 1021 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) (“[T]he appeals referee does not have jurisdiction to hear an untimely appeal.”); see also Fla. Admin. Code 73B-20.007(2) (“If the referee finds that the appeal was not filed within the time allowed by law, it shall be dismissed.”). AFFIRMED.

LEWIS, RAY, and KELSEY, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Jessica Cyr, pro se, Appellant.

Amanda L. Neff, Deputy General Counsel, Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission, Tallahassee, for Appellee.