City of Vicksburg v. Mississippi Department of Employment Security

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Vicksburg Police Department (the Department) terminated Deneka Tin-ner on January 4, 2010. Tinner subsequently filed a claim for unemployment benefits. After the claims examiner determined that Tinner was eligible to receive benefits, the Department appealed the decision. On appeal, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security’s administrative law judge (ALJ) affirmed the claims examiner’s decision, determining that since the Department had terminated *738Tinner based on her lack of law-enforcement certification and not for misconduct, Tinner was entitled…