Case Name: Sunil A. AMIN, Appellant, v. MAYORS JEWELERS, INC., and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-09-26
Citations: 855 So. 2d 246
Docket Number: No. 1D03-3200
Parties: Sunil A. AMIN, Appellant, v. MAYORS JEWELERS, INC., and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees.
Judges: BOOTH, DAVIS and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 855
Pages: 246–247

Head Matter:
Sunil A. AMIN, Appellant, v. MAYORS JEWELERS, INC., and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees.
No. 1D03-3200.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Sept. 26, 2003.
Sunil A. Amin, pro se, appellant.
Geri Atkinson-Hazelton, General Counsel, and John D. Maher, Deputy General Counsel, Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Tallahassee, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant seeks review of an order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission which found that an appeals referee had erred in determining that the claimant is entitled to benefits. Although a hearing was held before the appeals referee, only the employer made a telephone appearance at that hearing.
The Unemployment Appeals Commission moves for a relinquishment of jurisdiction, stating that it has concluded that appellant's failure to appear at the hearing was attributable to a failure to affix sufficient postage to appellant's copy of the notice of hearing. Neither party has timely responded to the motion.
Rather than relinquishing jurisdiction, the proper procedure in this circumstance is to reverse the order on appeal and remand to the agency for further proceedings. Stacey v. Department of Professional Regulation, Board of Nursing Home Administrators, 547 So.2d 241 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). Accordingly, we so order.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
BOOTH, DAVIS and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.