In re the Claim of Mian

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 22, 2001, which denied claimant’s application to reconsider a previous decision denying his application for unemployment insurance benefits.

Claimant was initially found by the local unemployment insurance office to be ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits due to insufficient wages in his base period. He failed to appear at the administrative review hearing and the earlier finding of ineligibility was sustained by default. To determine the merits of claimant’s subsequent applications to reopen his case,…