In re the Claim of Levine

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 12, 1999, which dismissed claimant’s appeal for his failure to appear at the hearing before the Administrative Law Judge.

*600By initial determination, claimant was ruled ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he failed to comply with registration requirements. Claimant requested a hearing. When claimant failed to appear at the administrative hearing on three occasions because he either was unavailable or not ready to proceed, a default decision was entered sustaining the initial determination.…