IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA 
FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2003 
TELISA R. POOSER 
Appellant, 
v. CASE NO. 5D02-1458 
UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS 
COMMISSION, 
Appellee. 
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Opinion filed February 28, 2003 
An Administrative Appeal from the 
Unemployment Appeals Commission. 
Telisa R. Pooser, Orlando, pro se. 
John D. Maher, Deputy General Counsel, 
Tallahassee, for Appellee Unemployment 
Appeals Commission. 
SHARP, W., J.
 
Pooser appeals from an order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission which affirmed the 
dismissal of her proceeding before the appeals referee. We affirm. 

Pooser sought unemployment compensation benefits in connection with two former employers 
during the year 2001. One was Edna's Place and the other employer was Planet Hollywood. Her claims
were denied as to both employers. She appealed, challenging the Planet Hollywood determination. This 
proceeding relates to the first employer, Edna's Place. 

Both appeals from the unemployment determinations proceeded together to the appeals referee, 
although it is not clear how or who did that. Two hearings were set for February 6, 2002 – 10:00 a.m. for 
Edna's Place and 10:45 a.m. for Planet Hollywood. At the first hearing, Pooser explained the only appeal 
she took was with regard to Planet Hollywood. She admitted she voluntarily left Edna's Place because she 
was not making enough money, but she wanted to claim the hours she worked there. 

The appeals referee asked if she wanted to withdraw her appeal as to Edna's Place. She said she 
was not interested in appealing the determination on her employment separation from Edna's Place because: 
“I did leave there voluntarily. I wasn't making enough money to...." 
The appeals referee twice warned Pooser, "For Edna's Place it would disqualify you from 
November 7th and until you earn $3,468 after that. You understand that will stand if you withdraw your 
appeal, that stands exactly the way it is." 

The appeals referee agreed to the withdrawal and entered a written order approving Pooser's 
request to withdraw and dismiss the appeal regarding Edna's Place. Pooser appealed this decision and 
requested that the Unemployment Appeals Commission reinstate her appeal. Finding no misinformation 
or coercion on the part of the appeals referee,1 the Commission denied reinstatement, and affirmed the
withdrawal order. There is no error here. See Osborne v. Florida Unemployment Appeals 
Commission, 548 So. 2d 700 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989), rev. denied, 562 So. 2d 346 (Fla. 1990). 

On appeal to this court, Pooser claims she was fired by Planet Hollywood and initially denied 
benefits. That determination was reversed, but Pooser asserts she is not receiving benefits because she 
dismissed her appeal as to Edna's Place. She claims she was never told she would be disqualified from 
receiving benefits from Planet Hollywood if she dismissed her case against Edna's Place, and had she 
known, she would not have done so. Thus, she reasons, her appeal should be reinstated. 

How the two separations from the two employers affect each other is not clear from this record. 
In any event, we are unable to see how Pooser is in a worse position as to Planet Hollywood by having 
her appeal to Edna's Place withdrawn. Even if the appeals referee should have warned Pooser about the 
consequences of letting stand her disqualification "after November 7th until she earned $3,468," 
nevertheless, if she had no valid claim against Edna's Place, the result would have been the same. Under 
the circumstances we must affirm. 

AFFIRMED.

 
GRIFFIN and ORFINGER, JJ., concur.