Opinion
No. E 80-118.
Opinion delivered November 12, 1980
1. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY — DEADLINE FOR REVIEW — APPELLATE COURT HAS NO AUTHORITY TO EXTEND. — The Arkansas Court of Appeals has no authority to extend the 15-day deadline for filing a petition for review under the Employment Security Act. [Ark. Stat. Ann. 81-1107(d)(7) (Supp. 1979).] 2. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY — UNAUTHORIZED REPRESENTATION. — Claimant's father requested, by letter, an extension of the deadline for filing a petition for review and presented a power of attorney giving him authority to purchase and sell personal property on behalf of the claimant as evidence of his authority to act for claimant. Held: Claimant's father lacked the authority to represent claimant.
Appeal from Arkansas Board of Review; request for extension of deadline for filing petition to review; review denied.
Appellant, pro se.
Herrn Northcutt, for appellees.
This case was erroneously placed on our docket as an appeal. The only document filed with this court is a letter from the father of the claimant Mark Wooten requesting an extension of the deadline for filing a petition for review with this court. Thus, there has been no appeal in this case.
We deny the request for extension for two reasons. First, we have no authority to extend the 15-day deadline for filing petition for review as prescribed in Ark. Stat. Ann. 81-1107(d)(7) (Supp. 1979). Secondly, the only evidence presented by claimant's father with respect to his authority to act for the claimant was a power of attorney giving him authority to purchase and sell personal property on behalf of the claimant. It did not authorize him to represent the claimant in the manner purported in the letter.