Suarez v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COM'N

871 So.2d 1039 (2004)

Melissa SUAREZ, Appellant,

v.

UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, Appellee.

No. 5D03-3316.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 7, 2004.

Melissa Suarez, Orlando, pro se.

John D. Maher, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

GRIFFIN, J.

Appellant seeks review of an order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission ["UAC"] dismissing her appeal of the decision of an appeals referee. Appellant concedes the appeal was filed untimely, but seeks to have the appeal proceed because of circumstances beyond her control. She asserts that she accidentally left her file in her desk at work and…