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Sorry, I was just going by the FA rules on the subject (albeit the 2013/14 version). http://www.thefa.com/~/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/rules-of-the-association/2013-14/memorandum-of-disciplinary-procedures---section-a_b_c.ashx

Appeals against a red card can only be made on the basis of mistaken identity.

But the assistant referee/linesman doesn't overturn anything; it is totally the referee's decision. Hypothetically, if the linesman were to have advised the referee that from his vantage point Stephens's play was, in his view, reckless/dangerous then it's totally up to Mike Dean whether and how...