Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appeal was filed in time despite being first sent to the wrong authority
Decisão extraída
Yes. The filing was timely because submission to an incompetent body also preserves the deadline, and Easter suspension applied.
Fundamentação extraída
Under ATSG rules, filing with an incompetent authority still preserves time limits; with the Easter suspension, the April 1, 2016 submission was within the 30-day appeal period.