Cite as 2023 Ark. App. 574
ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS
DIVISION I
No. E-22-298
Opinion Delivered December 6, 2023
DELLMARIE DAWSON
APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE ARKANSAS
BOARD OF REVIEW
V.
[NO. 2021-BR-05253]
DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF
WORKFORCE SERVICES DISMISSED
APPELLEE
WAYMOND M. BROWN, Judge
This case returns to us with corrected errors. Here, appellant, Dellmarie Dawson
(Dawson), was issued a notice of agency determination on September 20, 2021, denying
her benefits under Ark. Code Ann. § 11-10-515 on finding that she refused without good
cause to accept an offer of suitable work. In response, Dawson filed a timely appeal of this
determination to the Appeal Tribunal (Tribunal), which conducted a hearing on October
18, 2021, and issued a decision in Appeal No. 2021-AT-20558 that affirmed the Division
determination. Later, Dawson filed an untimely appeal to the Board of Review (Board)
from the decision of the Tribunal. As a result, Dawson was afforded a timeliness hearing
before the Board by telephone on May 3, 2022, to establish whether the late filing of the
appeal was the result of circumstances beyond her control. Thereafter, the Board issued a
decision in Appeal No. 2021-BR-05253, allowing Dawson’s appeal on finding that it was
timely filed and affirming the Tribunal decision. Dawson appealed to the Arkansas Court of
Appeals. This court remanded the case back to the Board for additional findings and
conclusions of law.
Now, as this case returns, the Board has reversed the Tribunal’s decision finding that
Dawson refused to accept an offer of suitable work. Consequently, Dawson is allowed to
receive benefits in compliance with the law. Therefore, it appears that the appeal before us
is moot. As such, we dismiss.
Dismissed.
WOOD and MURPHY, JJ., agree.
Dellmarie Dawson, pro se appellant.
Cynthia L. Uhrynowycz, Associate General Counsel, for appellee.
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