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Civil Judgment Against Applicant

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

Decided cases
2,012
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
25%
501 granted · 1,510 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
¶ 20(d)23670
¶ 20(b)21129
¶ 20(c)12520
¶ 20(a)304
¶ 20(e)283
¶ 20(g)169

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).

  • debt paid in full · credited in 4 granted cases
  • payment plan with creditor · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 06-26286 granted · 2007
    The applicant in this case was a 57-year-old defense contractor seeking a security clearance, who had a history of financial difficulties. The Statement of Reasons (SOR) issued by the Defense Office o
  • ISCR 17-03637 granted · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 52-year-old software developer seeking a public trust position with a federal contractor. The Department of Defense (DOD) raised trustworthiness concerns under Guideli
  • ISCR 20-01126 denied · 2024
    The applicant in this case was a 35-year-old information technology professional employed by a federal contracting company since September 2018. He contested the Department of Defense's (DOD) decision
  • ISCR 06-26686 denied · 2007
    The applicant in this case was a 54-year-old employee of a defense contractor who sought a security clearance. The adjudicative guidelines at issue included financial considerations (Guideline F), per

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