Case Name: Ivan TILLETT, Appellant, v. REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE APPEALS COMMISSION and Spirit Airlines Inc., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-07-05
Citations: 115 So. 3d 1119
Docket Number: No. 1D13-2105
Parties: Ivan TILLETT, Appellant, v. REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE APPEALS COMMISSION and Spirit Airlines Inc., Appellees.
Judges: LEWIS, C.J., ROBERTS, and ROWE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 115
Pages: 1119–1120

Head Matter:
Ivan TILLETT, Appellant, v. REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE APPEALS COMMISSION and Spirit Airlines Inc., Appellees.
No. 1D13-2105.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
July 5, 2013.
Ivan Tillett, pro se, Appellant.
Norman A. Blessing, General Counsel, Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission, Tallahassee, for Appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
To be timely, a notice of appeal must be filed -with the appropriate court within 30 days of rendition of the order on appeal. Fla. R.App. P. 9.110(b). Merely mailing the notice or having the notice placed in a post office box within the required time period is not sufficient. Raysor v. Raysor, 706 So.2d 400, 401 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). Although appellant alleges he mailed the notice of appeal within the appropriate time, it was not received by the Court until May 6, 2013, and was therefore not filed in a timely manner. Further, the filing of a notice of appeal is jurisdictional. Florida courts are required to dismiss an appeal if the notice is not filed within the applicable time limit. See Miami-Dade County v. Peart, 843 So.2d 363 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003). Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed.
LEWIS, C.J., ROBERTS, and ROWE, JJ., concur.