Onyia v. Mississippi Employment Security Commission

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) denied unemployment benefits to Menkem Onyia after it determined he had failed to file a timely appeal to the MDES Board of Review, the final stage of the administrative process. Onyia disputed that finding for the first time on appeal to the circuit court. As the circuit court could not consider new evidence on appeal, we must affirm its judgment.

FACTS

¶ 2. Onyia sought unemployment benefits after leaving his employer, Integrated Management Services, where he worked as an inspector for approximately nineteen…