Questão jurídica principal
Whether the delay in appealing the refusal of facilitated naturalization could be restored under Art. 24 PA
Decisão extraída
No; the applicant was not shown to have been prevented without fault from acting in time or from instructing her lawyer, so the late appeal remained inadmissible.
Fundamentação extraída
The alleged ailments were described as lasting for months and did not show an incapacity to act at the end of the appeal period. Since counsel had received the decision and could have acted, the applicant had to bear the inactivity of her representative.