Case Name: Lachanda M. LAWSON, Appellant, v. ELIZABETHTOWN GAS COMPANY and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-11-02
Citations: 913 So. 2d 738
Docket Number: No. 3D05-1256
Parties: Lachanda M. LAWSON, Appellant, v. ELIZABETHTOWN GAS COMPANY and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees.
Judges: Before WELLS, SUAREZ, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 913
Pages: 738–738

Head Matter:
Lachanda M. LAWSON, Appellant, v. ELIZABETHTOWN GAS COMPANY and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees.
No. 3D05-1256.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 2, 2005.
LaChanda M. Lawson, in proper person.
John D. Maher, (Tallahassee) for appel-lee, Commission.
Before WELLS, SUAREZ, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.

Opinion:
WELLS, Judge.
Claimant Lachanda M. Lawson appeals from two orders of the Unemployment Appeals Commission. The Commission affirmed an appeals referee's dismissal of Lawson's untimely appeals from two adjudications denying her unemployment benefits. Lawson does not dispute that her notices of appeal were untimely. We must, therefore, accept the referee's findings of untimeliness and affirm the Unemployment Appeals Commission's orders. See § 443.151(3)(a), Fla. Stat. (2004)(pro-viding that a denial of benefits "is final unless within 20 days after the mailing of the notices . an appeal or written request for reconsideration is filed"); Leon v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 476 So.2d 761, 762 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985)(con-firming that failure to comply with review procedures compels dismissal of a late filed appeal).
Affirmed.