Opinion ID: 2626672
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Deadline for Filing Shea's Appeal Was June 20.

Text: Appellate Rule 602(a)(2) states in pertinent part that [a]n appeal may be taken to the superior court from an administrative agency within 30 days from the date that the decision appealed from is mailed or otherwise distributed to the appellant. The deadline for filing an appeal from the administrative order distributed on May 21, 2007 was June 20, 2007. Shea argues on appeal, as she did in the superior court, that the deadline for filing was June 25. Relying on former Appellate Rule 502(c), she contends that the deadline was extended by three days because the agency decision being appealed was mailed. [9] She reasons that the deadline then would have fallen on June 23, a Saturday; per Appellate Rule 502(a), this would have given Shea until the end of the day on Monday, June 25, in which to file her appeal. [10] Former Rule 502(c) extended deadlines by three days after a document was served by mail; documents distributed by courts are not served. Parties, not courts, serve documents. Former Rule 502(c) therefore did not extend Shea's time for filing her notice of appeal. [11] Shea apparently attempted to file in a timely manner on June 20 and, when her attorney's representatives were unable to do so that day, she unsuccessfully attempted to file one day later; ultimately she successfully filed the papers on June 26. Shea's notice of appeal was therefore six days late when it was filed on June 26.