LINDEN v. REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE APPEALS COMMISSION (2018)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Gina M. LINDEN, Appellant, v. REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE APPEALS COMMISSION, Appellee.

Case No. 5D17–1051

Decided: January 05, 2018

Gina M. Linden, Windermere, pro se. Amanda L. Neff, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Appellate Attorney, of Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Gina M. Linden appeals from an order of the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission (“RAAC”) dismissing her appeal of an administrative decision denying unemployment compensation benefits as untimely. We affirm.

Ms. Linden contends that she had good cause for failing to timely file her appeal with the RAAC. Unfortunately, section 443.151(4)(b)1., Florida Statutes (2016), which governs appeals from RAAC determinations, does not provide a “good cause” exception that would permit the RAAC to accept an untimely appeal. See Thurman v. Fla. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 881 So.2d 89, 91 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004). The courts have carved out a limited exception in cases where the claimant alleges the untimeliness of unemployment appeals was “occasioned by the actions of the Commission.” Assam v. Fla. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 871 So.2d 978, 980 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004). However, that has not been demonstrated here. Therefore, although sympathetic to her plight, we must affirm the RAAC decision.

AFFIRMED.

PER CURIAM

ORFINGER, EVANDER and WALLIS, JJ., concur.

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