Eddie J. Davis v. Mississippi Department of Employment Security

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In his appeal of the denial of benefits from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES), Eddie J. Davis focuses only on why he thinks the decision by the administrative law judge (ALJ) was wrong. But the merits of the ALJ’s decision are simply not before us. The ALJ’s decision became final and binding on MDES’s Board of Review when Davis failed to appeal within fourteen days. Because there is nothing in the record to show “good cause” for why Davis’s appeal was late, we affirm.

Procedural History

¶2. Davis applied for unemployment benefits after…