Questão jurídica principal
Whether the federal appeal could be considered despite being filed by a non-authorized representative.
Decisão extraída
No; in civil matters only authorized attorneys may act as representatives before the Federal Supreme Court, and the court did not need to grant a curing period because the appeal deadline had already expired.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 40 and 42(5) LTF allow a remedy period only to cure the representation defect; that period cannot be used to supplement an otherwise time-barred appeal.