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What is the name of your state? FLORIDA
AFTER BEING WRONGFULLY TERMINATED BY THE STATE OF FL AFTER 20 YEARS BECAUSE OF A POLITICIAN I REQUESTED UNEMPLOYMENT AND WAS DENIED SO I APPEALED. THEY SET MY HEARING FOR 12/13/2002, HOWEVER 5 MINUTES AFTER THE HEARING WAS TO BEGIN THEY STATED THAT STATE CANCELLED MY HEARING AND THEY WOULD NOTIFY ME WHEN NEW ONE WAS SET. WELL 7 1/2 MONTHS LATER THEY FINALLY SET NEW HEARING VIA NOTIFICATION 7/7/2003 AND THE HEARING WAS 7/16/2003. THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR MY LAWYER TO PREPARE A DEFENSE SO SHE ASKED FOR A POSTPONMENT AND WE WERE DENIED 7/15/03 SO I ENDED UP HAVING TO BE MY OWN LAWYER. I HAD ALREADY HAD A PERC HEARING AND THE STATE SAID THAT THEY WERE ENFORCING THEIR RIGHTS TO APPLY "COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL" TO MY UNEMPLOYMENT APPEAL HEARING AND THAT THE REFEREE COULD NOT CONSIDER ANY ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY AT THIS HEARING BUT ONLY THE PERC HEARING OFFICERS FINAL DECISION. MY QUESITON IS CAN THEY DO THIS AND WHY EVEN HOLD AN APPEAL IF THEY CAN JUST READ PAPERS THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WROTE AND HAVE TO MAKE THEIR DECISION FROM THOSE. THESE IS UNDUE PROCESS.
AFTER BEING WRONGFULLY TERMINATED BY THE STATE OF FL AFTER 20 YEARS BECAUSE OF A POLITICIAN I REQUESTED UNEMPLOYMENT AND WAS DENIED SO I APPEALED. THEY SET MY HEARING FOR 12/13/2002, HOWEVER 5 MINUTES AFTER THE HEARING WAS TO BEGIN THEY STATED THAT STATE CANCELLED MY HEARING AND THEY WOULD NOTIFY ME WHEN NEW ONE WAS SET. WELL 7 1/2 MONTHS LATER THEY FINALLY SET NEW HEARING VIA NOTIFICATION 7/7/2003 AND THE HEARING WAS 7/16/2003. THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR MY LAWYER TO PREPARE A DEFENSE SO SHE ASKED FOR A POSTPONMENT AND WE WERE DENIED 7/15/03 SO I ENDED UP HAVING TO BE MY OWN LAWYER. I HAD ALREADY HAD A PERC HEARING AND THE STATE SAID THAT THEY WERE ENFORCING THEIR RIGHTS TO APPLY "COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL" TO MY UNEMPLOYMENT APPEAL HEARING AND THAT THE REFEREE COULD NOT CONSIDER ANY ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY AT THIS HEARING BUT ONLY THE PERC HEARING OFFICERS FINAL DECISION. MY QUESITON IS CAN THEY DO THIS AND WHY EVEN HOLD AN APPEAL IF THEY CAN JUST READ PAPERS THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WROTE AND HAVE TO MAKE THEIR DECISION FROM THOSE. THESE IS UNDUE PROCESS.