Guideline L: Outside Activities
Decided hearing cases
56
Grant rate
46%
26 granted · 30 denied
Specific issues and their outcomes
Outside activity (unspecified)
48% granted · 16 granted · 17 denied
Service with foreign entity / national
50% granted · 13 granted · 13 denied
Mitigations judges credited most
- Activity is sanctioned by the United States1
Counted only where the judge expressly credited the mitigation, not merely where it was claimed.
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