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Domestic Violence

What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, never a prediction.

Decided cases
380
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
24%
93 granted · 287 denied or revoked

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.

ConditionIn granted casesIn denied cases
¶ 32(a)4820
¶ 32(d)3013
¶ 32(c)294
¶ 32(b)214

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).

  • rehabilitation evidence · credited in 10 granted cases
  • no subsequent offenses · credited in 5 granted cases
  • passage of time · credited in 4 granted cases
  • explanation of omission credible · credited in 1 granted case
  • abstinence period documented · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 06-26613.h1 granted · 2007
    The applicant in this case was a 32-year-old employee of a defense contractor seeking to renew his security clearance. The adjudicative guidelines at issue were Guideline J (Criminal Conduct) and Guid
  • ISCR 07-00502 granted · 2007
    The applicant in this case was a 36-year-old employee of a defense contractor who sought a security clearance. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) cit
  • ISCR 06-25860 denied · 2008
    The applicant in this case was a 30-year-old employee of a defense contractor who sought a security clearance. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) cit
  • ISCR 06-26073 denied · 2007
    The applicant in this case was a 37-year-old single man with three children, employed as a sheet metal welder for a military contractor. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) issued a Stat

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