Lenca v. Employment Security Department

¶1 Dwayne D. Lenca appeals the Employment Security Department commissioner’s (Commissioner) denial of unemployment benefits when the Commissioner affirmed the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) denial without allowing additional evidence. Lenca argues that (1) the ALJ denied him a fair hearing in failing to continue the telephonic hearing sua sponte when pro se Lenca announced that he had a job interview scheduled for the same time; (2) the Commissioner erred in refusing to accept additional evidence from Lenca tending to show that the ALJ had based her decision on incomplete information and…