Bankruptcy Filing

Official mitigating conditions in play

The formal mitigating conditions (by official paragraph) that case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted vs denied. Extracted for a subset of cases; counts are cases, not percentages of everything. Read what each condition says.

What judges credited in granted cases

Specific circumstances the judge expressly credited, among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).

• chapter 7 bankruptcy · credited in 9 granted cases
• chapter 13 bankruptcy · credited in 2 granted cases
• financial counseling · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 22-00841 granted · 2023
  The applicant in this case was a 53-year-old employee of a government contractor who sought a security clearance. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing security concerns…
• ISCR 06-25839 granted · 2007
  The applicant in this case sought a security clearance for his employment with a defense contractor, facing allegations under Guideline F (financial considerations) due to a history of financial diffi…
• ISCR 23-01471 denied · 2025
  The applicant in this case was a 45-year-old technician employed by a government contractor, who sought a security clearance after submitting a security clearance application in August 2021. The Defen…
• ISCR 06-25655 denied · 2008
  The applicant in this case was a 60-year-old field engineer employed by a federal contractor, contesting the Defense Department's intent to deny his industrial security clearance. The allegations in t…

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