Legal Opinion

MICHELE A. YATES v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided November 23, 2016No. 15-AA-495PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FISHER, Associate Judge:.

Petitioner Michele Yates asks us to review an order of the District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings (“OAH”) which disqualified her from receiving unemployment compensation benefits. She argues (1) that the OAH incorrectly found that it did not have jurisdiction to consider her appeal, and (2) that she did not commit an act of gross misconduct that would disqualify her from receiving unemployment compensation benefits. We remand to the OAH for further consideration in light of this opinion.

I. Background

Until her termination, Petitioner worked as an…

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