Ray v. Mississippi Department of Employment Security

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Robert Ray was terminated from his employment for assaulting and threatening another employee. Ray then filed for unemployment-compensation benefits with the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES). He was denied benefits due to his misconduct. Thereafter, he appealed the MDES’s decision to the administrative-law judge (ALJ). The ALJ affirmed the MDES’s decision. Ray then appealed to the MDES Board of Review (Board), which also affirmed the decision. Next, Ray filed an appeal in the Lauderdale County Circuit Court. The circuit court affirmed the…