Case Name: Arthur MALARY, Appellant, v. BRINKER INTERNATIONAL PAYROLL and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-04-06
Citations: 898 So. 2d 1184
Docket Number: No. 3D04-2644
Parties: Arthur MALARY, Appellant, v. BRINKER INTERNATIONAL PAYROLL and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees.
Judges: Before GERSTEN, GREEN, and WELLS, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 898
Pages: 1184–1185

Head Matter:
Arthur MALARY, Appellant, v. BRINKER INTERNATIONAL PAYROLL and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees.
No. 3D04-2644.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 6, 2005.
Arthur Malary, in proper person.
John D. Maher (Tallahassee), for appel-lee, (Commission).
Before GERSTEN, GREEN, and WELLS, JJ.

Opinion:
WELLS, Judge.
Arthur Malary appeals from an order of the Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission dismissing as untimely his appeal of a decision denying him benefits. We affirm.
Malary does not claim that he did not receive the appeals referee's decision, or that he received it too late to file a timely reply. See Guerrero v. Fla. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 855 So.2d 266, 268-69 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003). The Commission, therefore, properly dismissed his appeal as it was not filed within twenty days of the date that the referee's decision was mailed to him. § 443.151(4)(b), Fla. Stat. (2003); Guerrero, 855 So.2d at 268 ("Under section 443.151(4)(b)3 of the Florida Statutes, an aggrieved party has twenty days after mailing or delivery of a referee's decision to initiate an appeal with the UAC. Failure to perfect an appeal within twenty days subjects a claim to dismissal under Florida Administrative Code Rule 60BB-7.006. There are no good cause exceptions to this dismissal rule").
Affirmed.