Heatherly v. Iowa Department of Job Service

An equally divided court of appeals affirmed by operation of law the judicial review decision of the district court upholding the final agency decision in this job service case. The job service appeal board determined from the facts presented in this record that the claimant Carlos Heatherly was disqualified from receiving benefits by reason of his misconduct. See Iowa Code § 96.5(2)(a) (1985); 370 Iowa Admin.Code § 4.32(1). Substantial evidence in the record as a whole supports the agency decision. We affirm.

In several recent judicial review decisions we have emphasized that the district…