In re the Claim of Jefferson

*760Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 23, 2004, which dismissed claimant’s appeal from a decision of an Administrative Law Judge as untimely

Following claimant’s failure to timely request a hearing with respect to the initial determination finding, inter alia, that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits due to misconduct, the Administrative Law Judge (hereinafter ALJ) sustained the Commissioner of Labor’s timeliness objection and continued in effect the initial determination. Five years later, claimant appealed the…