Case Name: Lorraine J. WALTER, Appellant, v. FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION and Bryan M. Bergens, DDS, PA, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2012-05-10
Citations: 86 So. 3d 1285
Docket Number: No. 1D11-0627
Parties: Lorraine J. WALTER, Appellant, v. FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION and Bryan M. Bergens, DDS, PA, Appellees.
Judges: DAVIS, WETHERELL, and SWANSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 86
Pages: 1285–1286

Head Matter:
Lorraine J. WALTER, Appellant, v. FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION and Bryan M. Bergens, DDS, PA, Appellees.
No. 1D11-0627.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 10, 2012.
Lorraine J. Walter, pro se, Appellant.
Louis A. Gutierrez, Senior Attorney, Unemployment Appeals Commission, Tallahassee, for Appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the order of the Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission on the basis that the appeals referee lacked jurisdiction to consider Claimant's untimely appeal of the determination that she was not entitled to compensation benefits. See § 443.151(4)(b)2., Fla. Stat. (providing that an appeals referee may affirm, modify, or reverse a determination "unless the appeal is untimely"); Fla. Admin. Code R. 60BB-5.007(2) (providing that if a referee finds that an appeal was not filed within the time allowed by law, "it shall be dismissed"); see also Peterson v. Fla. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 77 So.3d 905, 908 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) (noting that the late filing of an appeal deprives an appeals referee of jurisdiction to consider the merits of the underlying claim).
AFFIRMED.
DAVIS, WETHERELL, and SWANSON, JJ., concur.