Jones v. Mississippi Department of Employment Security

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. On May 28, 2010, Willie. H. Jones II was terminated from his employment as a teacher in the Hinds County School District (District). Jones subsequently filed for unemployment benefits; however, after an investigation, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) denied Jones unemployment benefits because Jones was terminated due to misconduct. Jones appealed this decision to an administrative- judge (AJ), who affirmed the MDES’s decision to deny Jones unemployment benefits. Jones again appealed to the MDES Board of Review, which also affirmed the…