Dees v. Department of Industrial Relations

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

This is a petition for writ of mandamus.

Latanya Dees was fired from her job as a hairstylist/cosmetologist at the McRae’s Department Store in Mobile, Alabama. Consequently, she filed for unemployment compensation, which was granted, but the decision granting it was later reversed by a referee. Ms. Dees appealed the referee’s decision to the Department of Industrial Relations Board of Appeals. The Board denied the appeal, and that decision became final on May 13, 1991. On June 13, 1991, 31 days later, Ms. Dees filed a notice of appeal in the Circuit Court of Mobile…