Key legal question
Whether the federal appeals were admissible despite the failure to exhaust cantonal remedies concerning the deadline for the court fee advance.
Extracted holding
The appellant first had to pursue the cantonal remedy of requesting restitution of the time limit before seizing the Federal Supreme Court; direct appeal against the inadmissibility decision was therefore not admissible.
Extracted reasoning
The grievances all aimed at showing excusable non-compliance with the deadline for the fee advance, which in substance sought restoration of the deadline. Under the principle of exhaustion of cantonal instances, the appellant had to file a restitution request with the authority that issued the inadmissibility decision before a federal appeal.