Opinion ID: 1177167
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: filing an appeal

Text: Even though counsel's secretary testified that she understood that the filing date for a notice of appeal form is the day it is received by the appeals officer, respondent argues that the mailing of the form within the 30-day time limit is a timely filing. The district court made no ruling on this point, but in finding that the appeal was filed 17 days late, the court implicitly determined that mailing does not constitute filing. Likewise, while we have never expressly held that mailing is not filing, we have implicitly determined that the two concepts are defined by their plain meaning. Nyberg, 100 Nev. at 323, 683 P.2d at 4. Analogously, the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure clearly indicate that in cases before this court,  filing shall not be timely unless the papers are received by the clerk within the time fixed for filing. NRAP 25(a) (Emphasis added). The Ninth Circuit has determined that [m]ere mailing is not enough in filing documents with a local draft board, when the governing statute did not specify mailing as a means of filing. Blades v. U.S., 407 F.2d 1397, 1399 (9th Cir.1969). Respondent has not invited us to consider any contrary authority. We hold, therefore, that a notice of appeal form is filed pursuant to NRS 616.5422(1) when it is received by the appeals officer.