SUPERIOR COURT 
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
FRED S. SILVERMAN NEW CASTLE COUNTY COURTHO USE 
JUDGE 500 N. KING STREET, SUITE 10400 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19801 
(302) 255-0669 
STEVE W. HAN, ) 
) 
Appellant, ) 
) 
v. ) C.A. No. 03A-04-015-FSS 
) 
RED LOBSTER, and ) 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ) 
APPEAL BOARD ) 
Board, ) 
) 
Appellees. ) 
Submitted: March 19, 2004 
Decided: June 25, 2004 
Upon Appeal From the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board 

ORDER 

1. Appellant/Claimant-Below, Steve W. Han, filed a claim for 
unemployment insurance benefits after leaving work at Red Lobster’s Restaurant on 
July 21, 2002. Han’s departure came when the restaurant failed an internal 
inspection. According to Red Lobster, Han announced that he quit, turned in his keys 
and walked out. Han’s claim seems to be that after the restaurant failed inspection, 
he was terminated without warning. 

2. A claims deputy and an appeals referee denied Han’s claim for 
benefits because he voluntarily left his job without good cause. 

3. Han appealed the referee’s decision to the Unemployment 
Insurance Appeals Board. Han, however, failed to appear at the Board’s March 12, 
2003 hearing and the Board dismissed Han’s appeal for failure to prosecute. 

4. Han did not explain his failure to appear at the Board’s 
hearing, nor did he ask for a rehearing.1 Instead, Han filed this appeal. 

5. Han, however, did not file a brief in support of his appeal here. 
Instead, Han filed two short letters, dated August 4, 2003 and February 7, 2004. 

6. The letters basically inform the court that an appeal was filed, 
state that Han was terminated from employment without just cause and therefore 
wrongly denied benefits, and provide the court with Han’s home phone number. 

7. Han has never explained why he failed to appear for the 
Board’s hearing on March 12, 2003, nor has he ever explained how he believes the 
appeals referee’s decision was incorrect. 

8. The court recognizes that Red Lobster failed to appear at one 
point during the administrative proceedings. But unlike Han, Red Lobster asked for 
a new hearing after satisfactorily explaining its lapse. Again, Han offers no 
explanation, no request for a new hearing and no reason why the claims deputy and 
appeals referee are wrong. 

For the foregoing reasons, it appears that Han failed to prosecute 
his appeal before the Board and the Board’s dismissal, therefore, was justified. It 
further appears that Han has all but abandoned his appeal to the court. For those 
reasons, the Board’s decision is AFFIRMED. It also appears, from the record 
presented, that Han quit his job. Thus, he was not entitled to benefits. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Judge 
oc: Prothonotary (Appeals Division) 
pc: Mary Page Bailey, Deputy Attorney General 
Mr. Steve W. Han, Pro Se Appellant