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" )Tj /TT2 1 Tf 25.04 0 Td (Motor Vehicle Mfrs)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 7.887 0 Td (. )Tj /TT2 1 Tf (Ass'n)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, 463 U.S. at 42. )Tj (We)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (review)Tj -32.927 -1.125 Td (matters of law )Tj /TT2 1 Tf 5.97 0 Td (de novo)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (.)Tj -5.97 -2.125 Td (Applicant claimed the actions of the Judge showed the Judge was biased a\ gainst him. )Tj 34.408 0 Td (There is a rebuttable presumption)Tj -34.408 -1.125 Td (that an Administrative Judge is)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 12.692 0 Td (impartial and unbiased, and a party seeking to rebut that presumption ha\ s a heavy)Tj -12.692 -1.125 Td (burden of persuasion. )Tj (ISCR Case No. 04-12911 at 2 \(App. Bd. 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United States,)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 15.47 0 Td ( 440 U.S. at 155; )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Emich Motors Corp. v. General Motors Corp.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, 340 U.S. 558,)Tj -15.47 -1.125 Td (568 \(1951\); Collateral estoppel extends)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 16.024 0 Td (only to questions "distinctly put in issue and directly determined" in t\ he criminal)Tj -16.024 -1.125 Td (prosecution. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 5.166 0 Td (Frank v. Mangum)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, 237 U.S. 309, 334 \(1915\). )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (See also Parklane)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 25.857 0 Td (Hosiery Co. v. Shore,)Tj /TT0 1 Tf ( 439 U.S. 322, 326 n.)Tj -31.023 -1.125 Td (5 \(1979\) \(must be "necessary to the outcome of the first action"\)."I\ n all cases, therefore, where it is sought to apply)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 46.267 0 Td (the)Tj -46.267 -1.125 Td (estoppel of a judgment rendered upon one cause of action to matters aris\ ing in a suit upon a different cause of action, the)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (inquiry must always be as to the)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 13.137 0 Td (point or question actually litigated and determined in the original acti\ on, not what)Tj -13.137 -1.125 Td (might have been thus litigated and determined." )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 19.403 0 Td (Cromwell v. County of Sac)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 10.749 0 Td (,)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (94 U.S. 351, 353 \(1877\).)Tj ET EMC endstream endobj 15 0 obj <> endobj 46 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 10/Type/Page>> endobj 47 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 11/Type/Page>> endobj 48 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 12/Type/Page>> endobj 49 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 13/Type/Page>> endobj 50 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 14/Type/Page>> endobj 51 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 15/Type/Page>> endobj 88 0 obj <>stream BT /Artifact <>BDC /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm (04-05712.a1)Tj EMC /Artifact <>BDC 0 -86 TD (file:///usr.osd.mil/)Tj 7.166 0 Td (...)Tj (yComputer/Desktop/DOHA%20transfer/DOHA-Kane/dodogc/doha/industrial/Archi\ ved%20-%20HTML/04-05712.a1.html)Tj 50.24 0 Td ([7/2/2021 3:30:30 PM])Tj EMC ET 1 g 10 36 591.75 729.75 re f /Article <>BDC EMC /Article <>BDC q 10 36 592 730 re W n BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 755.25 Tm (12. )Tj (Monica R. Brownlee, "Rethinking the Restatement View \(AGAIN!\): Multipl\ e Independent Holdings and the)Tj ET Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 741.75 Tm (Doctrine of Issue Preclusion," 37 Val.)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 15.46 0 Td (U.L.Rev. 879, 882-883 \(2003\) \(supporting citations omitted\);)Tj /TT1 1 Tf 24.608 0 Td ( see Cromwell v.)Tj -40.068 -1.125 Td (Sac, )Tj /TT0 1 Tf (94 U.S. 351, 352-353 \(1876\) \(illustrating differences between claim)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 29.381 0 Td (preclusion and issue preclusion\).)Tj -29.381 -2.125 Td (13. )Tj (However, )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Otherson)Tj /TT0 1 Tf ( held that the federal misdemeanor conviction at issue in that case coll\ aterally estopped the)Tj 0 -1.375 TD (defendant from denying the underlying)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 15.912 0 Td (conduct. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 3.666 0 Td (Id)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (. at 278. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (See also Galin v. Fujino)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 13.998 0 Td (, 39 F.3d 1187 at *4 -*5 \(9)Tj 9.75 0 0 9.75 547.2285 690.75 Tm (th)Tj 12 0 0 12 554.8124 686.25 Tm ( Cir.)Tj -44.901 -1.375 Td (1994\) \(unpublished opinion\); )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 11.971 0 Td (Franklin v. Thompson)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, 981 F.2d 1168, 1170-71)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (\(10)Tj 9.75 0 0 9.75 406.6504 674.25 Tm (th)Tj 12 0 0 12 414.2343 669.75 Tm ( Cir. 1992\).)Tj -33.186 -2.125 Td (14. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (See North Carolina v. Alford)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 13.083 0 Td (, 400 U.S. 25, 37-38 \(1970\)\(stating "an individual accused of [a] cri\ me may voluntarily,)Tj -13.083 -1.125 Td (knowingly, and understandingly)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 13.165 0 Td (consent to the imposition of a prison sentence even if he is unwilling o\ r unable to admit)Tj -13.165 -1.375 Td (his participation in the acts constituting the crime"\); )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 21.014 0 Td (Ballard v. Burton)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 7.027 0 Td (,)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (444 F.3d 391, 397 n.3 \(5)Tj 9.75 0 0 9.75 477.168 618.75 Tm (th)Tj 12 0 0 12 484.7518 614.25 Tm ( Cir. 2006\) \(stating, "A)Tj -39.063 -1.125 Td (guilty plea under the )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 8.498 0 Td (Alford)Tj /TT0 1 Tf ( doctrine is the functional equivalent to an unconditional plea of )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 28.409 0 Td (nolo contendere)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC /TT0 1 Tf 6.72 0 Td (which)Tj -43.627 -1.125 Td (itself has the same legal effect as a plea of guilty on all further proc\ eedings within the indictment. )Tj 39.292 0 Td (The only practical)Tj -39.292 -1.125 Td (difference is that the plea of )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 11.439 0 Td (nolo)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (contendere )Tj /TT0 1 Tf 6.72 0 Td (may not be used against the defendant as an admission in a subsequent)Tj -18.159 -1.125 Td (criminal or civil case." \(citations omitted\)\).)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (15. )Tj (The Supreme Court has observed, "As a general matter, even when issues h\ ave been raised, argued, and decided in a)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (prior proceeding, and are therefore)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 14.159 0 Td (preclusive under state law, '[r]edetermination of the issues [may nevert\ heless be])Tj -14.159 -1.125 Td (warranted if there is reason to doubt the quality, extensiveness, or fai\ rness of)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 30.963 0 Td (procedures followed in prior litigation.'")Tj /TT1 1 Tf -30.963 -1.125 Td (Haring)Tj /TT0 1 Tf ( )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (v. Prosise)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, )Tj (462 U.S. 306, 317-318 \(1983\) \()Tj /TT1 1 Tf (citing)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 22.471 0 Td ( )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Montana v. United States)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 10.415 0 Td (, 440 U.S. 147, 164, n. 11 \(1979\)\).)Tj -32.886 -1.125 Td (The party against whom the earlier decision is asserted must have had a \ "full and fair opportunity" to litigate that issue)Tj T* (in the earlier case. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 7.523 0 Td (Haring v. Prosise)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (,)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (462 U.S. at 313 )Tj (\(citing)Tj /TT1 1 Tf 16.693 0 Td ( Allen v. McCurry)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 7.22 0 Td (, 449 U.S. 90, 101 \(1980\)\); )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Montana v.)Tj -31.437 -1.125 Td (United States)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 5.36 0 Td (, 440 U.S. at 153; Restatement \(Second\) of Judgments \247 27)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 23.941 0 Td (\(1982\) \(concepts of full and fair opportunity)Tj -29.302 -1.125 Td (addressed in Illustrations 11 and 14\); Brownlee, )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 19.44 0 Td (supra )Tj /TT0 1 Tf (note 5, at 883-884. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 10.305 0 Td (See also Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore,)Tj /TT0 1 Tf /Span<>> BDC 16.08 0 Td ( )Tj EMC (439)Tj -45.825 -1.125 Td (U.S. 322, 330 \(1979\) \(detailing circumstances where allowing the use \ of collateral estoppel would result in unfairness\).)Tj T* (Other special circumstances may)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 13.439 0 Td (also warrant an exception to the normal rules of preclusion. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 24.02 0 Td (See Montana v. United)Tj -37.459 -1.125 Td (States)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, 440 U.S. at 155.)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (16. )Tj (In regard to resolving the three tests, federal courts often look to the\ Restatement \(Second\) of Judgments \247\247 27-29)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (for guidance. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 5.525 0 Td (See)Tj /TT0 1 Tf ( )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Otherson)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, 711)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (F.2d at 272-275. )Tj (The state law to be applied in this case mirrors the federal law because\ )Tj -5.525 -1.125 Td (the source for both is the Restatement \(Second\) of Judgments \247\247)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 26.078 0 Td (27-29. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (See )Tj /TT0 1 Tf (Section F of this decision, )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 15.137 0 Td (infra)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (.)Tj -41.214 -2.125 Td (17. )Tj ("'Faith' and 'credit' were evidentiary terms used at common law to descr\ ibe the effect given to judgments from a)Tj T* (foreign jurisdiction. )Tj 8.193 0 Td (The recognition for)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 8.025 0 Td (such judgments was a matter of comity, a respect for courts of another)Tj -16.218 -1.125 Td (sovereign." 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Egan)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 15.469 0 Td (, 484 U.S. 518, 527 \(1988\) the Court recognized that the Executive had\ primacy)Tj -15.469 -1.125 Td (in the realm of industrial security)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 13.552 0 Td (clearances stating, "the grant of [a] security clearance to a particular\ employee, a)Tj -13.552 -1.125 Td (sensitive and inherently discretionary judgment call, is committed by la\ w to)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 30.604 0 Td (the appropriate agency of the Executive)Tj -30.604 -1.125 Td (Branch.")Tj 0 -2.125 TD (19. )Tj (South Carolina Ann. \247 16-15-140 \(2005\) provides, "It is unlawful fo\ r a person over the age of fourteen years to)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (wilfully and lewdly commit or attempt a)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 16.413 0 Td (lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body, or its parts, of a child u\ nder the)Tj -16.413 -1.125 Td (age of sixteen years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or grat\ ifying the lust)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 33.325 0 Td (or passions or sexual desires of the)Tj -33.325 -1.125 Td (person or of the child." )Tj 9.461 0 Td (Violation of this section is a Class D felony, "and, upon conviction, [a\ defendant] must be fined)Tj -9.461 -1.125 Td (in)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, o\ r both.")Tj 0 -2.125 TD (20. )Tj (Under South Carolina law, "[a] 'simple assault and battery' is an unlawf\ ul act of violent injury to another,)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (unaccompanied by any circumstances of)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 16.466 0 Td (aggravation." )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 5.628 0 Td (State v. Sprouse)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 6.416 0 Td (, 325 S.C. 275, 285-86, 478 S.E.2d 871, 877)Tj -28.51 -1.125 Td (\(1996\) \(citing )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 5.776 0 Td (State v. Cunningham)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 8.36 0 Td (, 253 S.C. 388, 171 S.E.2d 159 \(1969\)\). )Tj (In)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (regard to the term, "violent injury", South)Tj -14.137 -1.125 Td (Carolina courts have stated, "the adjective 'violent' may be somewhat mi\ sleading . . . For example, assault and)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 44.284 0 Td (battery)Tj -44.284 -1.125 Td (has also been defined as "any touching of the person of an individual in\ a rude or angry manner, without justification.")Tj /TT1 1 Tf T* (State v. LaCoste)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 6.527 0 Td (, 347 S.C. 153,)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (166, 553 S.E.2d 464, 473 \(2001\) \(citations omitted\). )Tj 27.416 0 Td (The maximum punishment for)Tj -33.943 -1.125 Td (simple assault and battery under South Carolina Ann. \247 22-3-560 \(200\ 5\) is)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 30.134 0 Td (a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or)Tj ET EMC endstream endobj 87 0 obj <>stream BT /Artifact <>BDC /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm (04-05712.a1)Tj EMC /Artifact <>BDC 0 -86 TD (file:///usr.osd.mil/)Tj 7.166 0 Td (...)Tj (yComputer/Desktop/DOHA%20transfer/DOHA-Kane/dodogc/doha/industrial/Archi\ ved%20-%20HTML/04-05712.a1.html)Tj 50.24 0 Td ([7/2/2021 3:30:30 PM])Tj EMC ET 1 g 10 36 591.75 729.75 re f /Article <>BDC EMC BT /Article <>BDC 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 750 Tm (3. )Tj (A 1996 shoplifting charge was the subject of a separate SOR allegation a\ gainst Applicant. )Tj 37.296 0 Td (The Administrative Judge)Tj -37.296 -1.125 Td (found in favor of Applicant on this SOR)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 16.387 0 Td (allegation and the Judge's treatment of it is therefore not an issue on \ appeal.)Tj -16.387 -2.125 Td (4. )Tj (28 U.S.C. \247 1738 provides: "The Acts of the legislature of any State,\ Territory, or Possession of the United States, or)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (copies thereof, shall be authenticated by)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 16.299 0 Td (affixing the seal of such State, Territory or Possession thereto. )Tj 25.161 0 Td (The records and)Tj -41.46 -1.125 Td (judicial proceedings of any court of any such State, Territory or Posses\ sion, or)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 31.631 0 Td (copies thereof, shall be proved or)Tj -31.631 -1.125 Td (admitted in other courts within the United States and its Territories an\ d Possessions by the attestation of the clerk and)Tj T* (seal of)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (the court annexed, if a seal exists, together with a certificate of a ju\ dge of the court that the said attestation is in)Tj T* (proper form. )Tj (Such Acts, records, and judicial)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 18.272 0 Td (proceedings or copies thereof, so authenticated, shall have the same ful\ l)Tj -18.272 -1.125 Td (faith and credit in every court within the United States and its Territo\ ries and)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 31.046 0 Td (Possessions as they have by law or usage)Tj -31.046 -1.125 Td (in the courts of such State, Territory or Possession from which they are\ taken.")Tj 0 -2.125 TD (5. )Tj (The separate opinion states that it is illogical for the Board to employ\ its own rules of )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 35.409 0 Td (res judicata )Tj /TT0 1 Tf 5 0 Td (and collateral)Tj -40.409 -1.125 Td (estoppel. )Tj 3.833 0 Td (The Board is not attempting to)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 12.498 0 Td (employ its own rules of res judicata and collateral estoppel. )Tj 24.02 0 Td (We are merely)Tj -40.351 -1.125 Td (adopting a standard that employs well established precepts of federal co\ mmon law)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 33.268 0 Td (to resolve collateral estoppel issues)Tj -33.268 -1.125 Td (in DOHA cases involving state misdemeanor convictions.)Tj T* (6. )Tj (The decision of whether or not to apply the collateral estoppel doctrine\ is a procedural one, but it has significant)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (substantive overtones in that it determines)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 17.107 0 Td (the parameters of the record, and thus the scope and depth of a DOHA)Tj -17.107 -1.125 Td (Judge's inquiry into the particular facts of a case.)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (7. )Tj (Partially as a counter to the majority opinion's expressed interest in t\ reating DOHA applicants in a uniform manner,)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (the separate opinion emphasizes the)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 14.634 0 Td (importance of the concepts of comity and supporting federalism. )Tj 26.104 0 Td (These are strong)Tj -40.737 -1.125 Td (concerns when dealing with federal courts, who hear and decide cases in \ a)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 29.988 0 Td (manner very similar to state courts and who)Tj -29.988 -1.125 Td (apply very similar rules of procedure and evidence. )Tj 20.797 0 Td (The considerations change, however, when dealing with)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 22.743 0 Td (federal)Tj -43.54 -1.125 Td (executive agencies like DOHA, who have been assigned quasi-judicial powe\ rs to resolve matters in specific, narrowly)Tj T* (defined areas, who bring a unique)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 13.801 0 Td (degree of expertise to their specialized area, and who resolve the issue\ s brought)Tj -13.801 -1.125 Td (before them without use of formal rules of evidence or detailed procedur\ es. )Tj 30.405 0 Td (The separate opinion cites )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 10.718 0 Td (University of)Tj -41.124 -1.125 Td (Tennessee v)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Elliott)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 7.804 0 Td ( for the proposition that federal common law rules of preclusion require\ application of state)Tj -7.804 -1.125 Td (preclusion law in the context of administrative hearings. )Tj 22.744 0 Td (It should be pointed out that )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 11.499 0 Td (Tennessee v)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Elliott)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 7.804 0 Td ( involved )Tj 4 0 Td (a)Tj -46.045 -1.125 Td (federal court review of a state agency)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 15.242 0 Td (decision, which is a posture significantly different from )Tj 22.466 0 Td (the one in the case before)Tj -37.708 -1.125 Td (us. )Tj (Given )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Egan)Tj /TT0 1 Tf ( and this difference in posture, we are not persuaded that)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC /TT1 1 Tf 29.074 0 Td (Tennessee v)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Elliott )Tj /TT0 1 Tf 8.054 0 Td (is on point.)Tj -37.128 -2.125 Td (8. )Tj (In the Judge's decision, he began his Findings of Fact with the sentence\ , "Applicant's admissions to the allegations in)Tj T* (the SOR are incorporated herein by)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 14.439 0 Td (reference." )Tj 4.626 0 Td (The Judge did not subsequently refer to Applicant's response to the SOR)Tj -19.066 -1.125 Td (in his decision pertaining to the 2003 charge. )Tj 18.246 0 Td (The Judge did not explain)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 10.637 0 Td (why he considered the admissions in his)Tj -28.882 -1.125 Td (statement, but not all of the evidence in his statement that he offered \ contesting the sexual abuse of his stepdaughter. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 46.875 0 Td (See)Tj /TT0 1 Tf -46.875 -1.125 Td (Fed. R. Evid. 106; )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 7.583 0 Td (Beach Aircraft Corp. v. Rainey)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 12.441 0 Td (, 488 U.S. 153, 171-172 \(1988\) \(discussing rule of completeness\).)Tj -20.025 -2.125 Td (9. )Tj (In lieu of several exhibits and some testimony that were not admitted, t\ he Judge accepted proffers of testimony that)Tj T* (Applicant had always been an excellent)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 16.104 0 Td (father and family man, and appeared to have an altogether proper relatio\ nship)Tj -16.104 -1.125 Td (with his two step-daughters whenever they were all together at family ga\ therings)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 32.601 0 Td (and other times, as well as that he had)Tj -32.601 -1.125 Td (numerous video recordings to present showing the wholesome relationship \ he says he had with his step-daughters over a)Tj T* (period of years, and particularly with S. )Tj 16.134 0 Td (Applicant's appellate complaints about the failure to admit the testimon\ y and)Tj -16.134 -1.125 Td (exhibits described by these proffers are)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 15.938 0 Td (without merit because Applicant does not explain how the )Tj 23.522 0 Td (proffers were not a)Tj -39.46 -1.125 Td (fair description of the excluded evidence.)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (10. )Tj (Because Applicant failed to articulate how the sexual abuse of S by anot\ her person was relevant, the Judge correctly)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (determined that this information was)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 14.969 0 Td (inadmissible.)Tj -14.969 -2.125 Td (11. )Tj (The exhibits that were marked and presented to the Judge, but not admitt\ ed into evidence were not included in the)Tj T* (record. )Tj (Such documents should be clearly)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 16.967 0 Td (marked as not admitted and attached to the record. )Tj 20.437 0 Td (Because of the absence of)Tj -37.404 -1.125 Td (the documents, the Appeal Board was unable to assess the degree to which\ they )Tj 32.13 0 Td (supported Applicant's claims.)Tj EMC ET endstream endobj 86 0 obj <>stream BT /Artifact <>BDC /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm (04-05712.a1)Tj EMC /Artifact <>BDC 0 -86 TD (file:///usr.osd.mil/)Tj 7.166 0 Td (...)Tj (yComputer/Desktop/DOHA%20transfer/DOHA-Kane/dodogc/doha/industrial/Archi\ ved%20-%20HTML/04-05712.a1.html)Tj 50.24 0 Td ([7/2/2021 3:30:30 PM])Tj EMC ET 1 g 10 36 591.75 729.75 re f /Article <>BDC EMC /Article <>BDC q 10 36 592 730 re W n BT 0 0 1 rg 12 0 0 12 16 755.25 Tm (battery disclosed in the final judgment. )Tj 15.857 0 Td (Therefore, these determinations are not)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 15.938 0 Td (conclusive, and Applicant can challenge)Tj ET Q BT 0 0 1 rg 12 0 0 12 16 741.75 Tm (or contest whether he touched S in a sexual manner.)Tj ET 0 0 1 RG 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 16 741 cm 0 0 m 249.92 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 716.25 Tm (Whether Applicant can now challenge )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 715.5 cm 0 0 m 186.92 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 202.9199 716.25 Tm (the allegation that he committed an assault and battery at all is a more\ difficult)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 202.9199 715.5 cm 0 0 m 376.541 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 702.75 Tm (issue. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 702 cm 0 0 m 30 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 46 702.75 Tm (The parties at the hearing did not)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 46 702 cm 0 0 m 161.613 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 207.6133 702.75 Tm (litigate, and we have insufficient record information for us to conclude\ whether)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 207.6133 702 cm 0 0 m 381.199 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 689.25 Tm (Applicant had an adequate incentive to obtain a full and fair adjudicati\ on in the)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 16 688.5 cm 0 0 m 383.197 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 399.1973 689.25 Tm (initial action.)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 399.1973 688.5 cm 0 0 m 63.316 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 663.75 Tm (Federal courts have declined to apply collateral estoppel where the circ\ umstances indicate a lack of incentive to litigate)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 663 cm 0 0 m 572.098 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 650.25 Tm (the original matter. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 649.5 cm 0 0 m 94.635 0 l h S Q BT /TT1 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 110.6348 650.25 Tm (See, Otherson)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 110.6348 649.5 cm 0 0 m 67.318 0 l h S Q BT /TT0 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 177.9531 650.25 Tm (, 711)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 177.9531 649.5 cm 0 0 m 27 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 204.9531 650.25 Tm (F.2d at 275-276)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 204.9531 649.5 cm 0 0 m 76.33 0 l h S Q BT /TT1 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 281.2832 650.25 Tm (; United States v. Berman,)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 281.2832 649.5 cm 0 0 m 126.639 0 l h S Q BT /TT0 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 407.9219 650.25 Tm ( 884 F.2d 916, 922-23 \(6th Cir. 1989\);)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 407.9219 649.5 cm 0 0 m 184.664 0 l h S Q BT /TT1 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 16 636.75 Tm (Tutt v. Doby)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 636 cm 0 0 m 59.66 0 l h S Q BT /TT0 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 75.6602 636.75 Tm (, 459 F.2d 1195, 1200 \(D.C. Cir. 1972\). )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 75.6602 636 cm 0 0 m 193.67 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 269.3301 636.75 Tm ("Preclusion is sometimes)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 269.3301 636 cm 0 0 m 123.891 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 393.2207 636.75 Tm (unfair if the party to be bound lacked an)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 393.2207 636 cm 0 0 m 192.598 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 623.25 Tm (incentive to litigate in the first trial, especially in comparison to th\ e stakes of the second trial." )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 622.5 cm 0 0 m 455.104 0 l h S Q BT /TT1 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 471.1035 623.25 Tm (Otherson, )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 471.1035 622.5 cm 0 0 m 50.666 0 l h S Q BT /TT0 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 521.7695 623.25 Tm (711 F.2d at)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 521.7695 622.5 cm 0 0 m 54.334 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 609.75 Tm (273. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 609 cm 0 0 m 24 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 40 609.75 Tm (Applicant may have lacked the incentive to fully litigate the misdemeano\ r offense because at most he faced a fine)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 40 609 cm 0 0 m 545.783 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 596.25 Tm (and 30 days in jail. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 595.5 cm 0 0 m 93.984 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 109.9844 596.25 Tm (A plea bargain may)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 109.9844 595.5 cm 0 0 m 97.295 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 207.2793 596.25 Tm (have further reduced the stakes creating more of a disincentive to litig\ ate the)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 207.2793 595.5 cm 0 0 m 367.184 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 582.75 Tm (issues. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 582 cm 0 0 m 34.67 0 l h S Q BT /TT1 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 50.6699 582.75 Tm (See Otherson)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 50.6699 582 cm 0 0 m 64.318 0 l h S Q BT /TT0 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 114.9883 582.75 Tm (, 711 F.2d at 276; )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 114.9883 582 cm 0 0 m 87.668 0 l h S Q BT /TT1 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 202.6562 582.75 Tm (Raiford)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 202.6562 582 cm 0 0 m 36.668 0 l h S Q BT /TT0 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 239.3242 582.75 Tm (, 695 F.2d at 524. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 239.3242 582 cm 0 0 m 87.334 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 326.6582 582.75 Tm (Because the)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 326.6582 582 cm 0 0 m 60.639 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 387.2969 582.75 Tm (parties did not fully address the issue of)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 387.2969 582 cm 0 0 m 190.963 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 569.25 Tm (preclusion at the hearing, we cannot determine whether or not collateral\ estoppel should be applied in Applicant's case.)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 568.5 cm 0 0 m 571.635 0 l h S Q BT /TT2 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 16 543.75 Tm (G. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 543 cm 0 0 m 15.334 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 31.334 543.75 Tm (Harmless error analysis)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 31.334 543 cm 0 0 m 122.643 0 l h S Q BT /TT0 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 16 518.25 Tm (Our conclusion that the Judge made a legal error does not end our analys\ is. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 517.5 cm 0 0 m 363.562 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 379.5625 518.25 Tm (Next we must determine )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 379.5625 517.5 cm 0 0 m 120.633 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 500.1953 518.25 Tm (whether )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 500.1953 517.5 cm 0 0 m 41.648 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 541.8437 518.25 Tm (under all)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 541.8437 517.5 cm 0 0 m 42.316 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 504.75 Tm (the facts and circumstances of this)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 16 504 cm 0 0 m 167.941 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 183.9414 504.75 Tm (case, the error is harmless. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 183.9414 504 cm 0 0 m 130.283 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 314.2246 504.75 Tm (The Judge thoroughly discussed Applicant's sexual)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 314.2246 504 cm 0 0 m 245.121 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 491.25 Tm (offenses involving S in his findings and conclusions. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 490.5 cm 0 0 m 256.318 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 272.3184 491.25 Tm (If he had determined that)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 272.3184 490.5 cm 0 0 m 123.615 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 395.9336 491.25 Tm (Applicant had not committed any offense)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 395.9336 490.5 cm 0 0 m 198.943 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 477.75 Tm (involving S, or if he had determined that the offense was a simple assau\ lt and battery without being aggravated by its)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 477 cm 0 0 m 562.189 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 464.25 Tm (sexual aspects, there is a better case for granting Applicant's security\ clearance. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 463.5 cm 0 0 m 383.994 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 399.9941 464.25 Tm (Therefore, we conclude that the legal)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 399.9941 463.5 cm 0 0 m 178.576 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 450.75 Tm (error may have influenced the Judge's)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 16 450 cm 0 0 m 184.758 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 200.7578 450.75 Tm (decision. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 200.7578 450 cm 0 0 m 45.99 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 246.748 450.75 Tm (Accordingly, we conclude that this error was not harmless.)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 246.748 450 cm 0 0 m 282.586 0 l h S Q BT /TT2 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 16 425.25 Tm (H. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 424.5 cm 0 0 m 15.334 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 31.334 425.25 Tm (Remedy)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 31.334 424.5 cm 0 0 m 41.988 0 l h S Q BT /TT0 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 16 399.75 Tm (Having determined that harmful or prejudicial error occurred, we must de\ termine an appropriate remedy. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 399 cm 0 0 m 507.129 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 523.1289 399.75 Tm (Remand,)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 523.1289 399 cm 0 0 m 42.99 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 386.25 Tm (rather than reversal, is appropriate for those)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 16 385.5 cm 0 0 m 212.578 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 228.5781 386.25 Tm (legal errors that can be corrected on remand. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 228.5781 385.5 cm 0 0 m 216.891 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 445.4687 386.25 Tm (Reversal implicitly requires)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 445.4687 385.5 cm 0 0 m 133.295 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 372.75 Tm (the Board to determine that a "Judge's clearance decision is not sustain\ able and the)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 16 372 cm 0 0 m 400.266 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 416.2656 372.75 Tm (identified errors cannot be remedied)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 416.2656 372 cm 0 0 m 173.924 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 359.25 Tm (on remand." )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 358.5 cm 0 0 m 61.881 0 l h S Q BT /TT1 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 77.8809 359.25 Tm (See)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 77.8809 358.5 cm 0 0 m 16.652 0 l h S Q BT /TT0 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 94.5332 359.25 Tm ( ISCR Case No. 03-22861 at 3 \(App. Bd. June 2, 2006\); ISCR Case No. 03\ -09053 at 5 \(App. Bd. 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Harvey)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 267 cm 0 0 m 121.301 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 242.25 Tm (Mark W. Harvey)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (Administrative Judge)Tj T* (Member, Appeal Board)Tj 0 g T* (1. )Tj (In his answer to the SOR allegation dealing with the improper sexual con\ duct, Applicant admitted that the legal)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (events \(i.e., the initial charge of Lewd Act on)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 18.382 0 Td (a Minor, a felony, followed by his guilty plea to the amended charge of)Tj -18.382 -1.125 Td (Simple Assault and Battery and the assessment of a $225.00 fine\) but de\ nied the factual)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 35.38 0 Td (basis for the original charge.)Tj -35.38 -2.125 Td (2. )Tj (The problems of Applicant's cross-examination of his wife, and the Admin\ istrative Judge's handling of that cross-)Tj T* (examination were significantly)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 12.635 0 Td (compounded by the fact that Applicant is a lay person without legal trai\ ning, and lacked)Tj -12.635 -1.125 Td (an understanding of how to form questions and how to conduct)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 25.523 0 Td (effective cross-examination. )Tj 11.578 0 Td (In addition to the problems)Tj -37.102 -1.125 Td (with the Judge's restriction of the scope of Applicant's cross-examinati\ on, the hearing transcript)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 38.461 0 Td (reveals that the Judge,)Tj -38.461 -1.125 Td (generally, gave Applicant little, if any, leeway in his cross-examinatio\ n of his wife, notwithstanding Applicant's pro se)Tj T* (status.)Tj ET EMC endstream endobj 84 0 obj [89 0 R 90 0 R 91 0 R 92 0 R] endobj 85 0 obj <>stream BT /Artifact <>BDC /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm (04-05712.a1)Tj EMC /Artifact <>BDC 0 -86 TD (file:///usr.osd.mil/)Tj 7.166 0 Td (...)Tj (yComputer/Desktop/DOHA%20transfer/DOHA-Kane/dodogc/doha/industrial/Archi\ ved%20-%20HTML/04-05712.a1.html)Tj 50.24 0 Td ([7/2/2021 3:30:30 PM])Tj EMC ET 1 g 10 36 591.75 729.75 re f /Article <>BDC EMC /Article <>BDC q 10 36 592 730 re W n BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 754.5 Tm (the same factual issue in)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 10.024 0 Td (disposing of an unfair labor practice charge." )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 18.29 0 Td (Yellow Freight,)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 6.222 0 Td ( 930 F.2d at 322.)Tj ET Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 726 Tm (\(4\) )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (American Airlines, Inc., et al. v. 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Bacote)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 191.5059 116.25 cm 0 0 m 71.637 0 l h S Q BT /TT0 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 263.1426 117 Tm (, 331 S.C. 328, 330, 503 S.E.2d 161, 162 \(1998\) \(citations)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 263.1426 116.25 cm 0 0 m 282.328 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 545.4707 117 Tm (omitted\).)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 545.4707 116.25 cm 0 0 m 43.658 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 103.5 Tm (South Carolina also adopted the exceptions in Section 28 of Restatement \ \(Second\) of Judgments \(1982\), which lists)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 102.75 cm 0 0 m 555.568 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 90 Tm (exceptions for the requirement to)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 16 89.25 cm 0 0 m 162.275 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 178.2754 90 Tm (apply collateral estoppel.)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 178.2754 89.25 cm 0 0 m 120.287 0 l h S Q BT /TT2 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 16 64.5 Tm (\(3\) Application of South Carolina law on collateral estoppel to Applic\ ant's case. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 16 63.75 cm 0 0 m 409.002 0 l h S Q BT /TT0 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 425.002 64.5 Tm (Applicant's misdemeanor)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 425.002 63.75 cm 0 0 m 121.799 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 16 51 Tm (conviction does not reveal the name, age or)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC ET q 1 0 0 1 16 50.25 cm 0 0 m 211.588 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 227.5879 51 Tm (gender of the victim of the battery. )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 227.5879 50.25 cm 0 0 m 169.939 0 l h S Q BT 12 0 0 12 397.5273 51 Tm (Nor is the nature of circumstances of the)Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 397.5273 50.25 cm 0 0 m 194.93 0 l h S Q EMC endstream endobj 89 0 obj <>/BS<>/Border[0 0 0]/PA<>/Rect[64.0 564.0 82.0 575.0]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> endobj 90 0 obj <>/BS<>/Border[0 0 0]/PA<>/Rect[66.0 470.0 84.0 481.0]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> endobj 91 0 obj <>/BS<>/Border[0 0 0]/PA<>/Rect[528.0 308.0 546.0 319.0]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> endobj 92 0 obj <>/BS<>/Border[0 0 0]/PA<>/Rect[421.0 159.0 439.0 170.0]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> endobj 83 0 obj <>stream BT /Artifact <>BDC /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm (04-05712.a1)Tj EMC /Artifact <>BDC 0 -86 TD (file:///usr.osd.mil/)Tj 7.166 0 Td (...)Tj (yComputer/Desktop/DOHA%20transfer/DOHA-Kane/dodogc/doha/industrial/Archi\ ved%20-%20HTML/04-05712.a1.html)Tj 50.24 0 Td ([7/2/2021 3:30:30 PM])Tj EMC ET 1 g 10 36 591.75 729.75 re f /Article <>BDC EMC /Article <>BDC q 10 36 592 730 re W n BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 755.25 Tm (because uniformity in administrative)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 14.94 0 Td (hearings is a better policy choice than that made by Congress in 28 U.S.\ C. \247 1738,)Tj ET Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 741.75 Tm (and the Supreme Court in federal common law. The majority concludes that\ )Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 30.686 0 Td (the Supremacy Clause authorizes the Board)Tj -30.686 -1.125 Td (to choose the scheme for application of collateral estoppel in industria\ l security cases. )Tj 34.6 0 Td (I distinguish the four cases)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 10.97 0 Td (cited)Tj -45.57 -1.125 Td (by the majority-all )Tj 7.692 0 Td (involve injunctive relief ordered by state courts that affect the core f\ unctions of federal agencies, all)Tj -7.692 -1.125 Td (involve situations where neither)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 13.052 0 Td (the federal government nor the federal agency was a party to the prior l\ itigation, none)Tj -13.052 -1.125 Td (involve procedural or evidentiary rules for administrative hearings, and\ )Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 28.768 0 Td (none involve collateral estoppel effects of a)Tj -28.768 -1.125 Td (prior state court conviction.)Tj 0 -2.375 TD (\(1\) )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Taylor v. Sawyer)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, 284 F.3d 1143 \(9)Tj 9.75 0 0 9.75 203.3184 650.25 Tm (th)Tj 12 0 0 12 210.9022 645.75 Tm ( Cir. 2002\). )Tj (The Ninth Circuit succinctly explained why \247 1738 did not require)Tj -16.242 -1.125 Td (the Federal government to comply with)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 16.052 0 Td (a state court order that Taylor's state and federal sentences were to ru\ n)Tj -16.052 -1.125 Td (concurrently \(the state sentence was already completed\):)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (However, it has been held that the Act does not apply to federal executi\ ve branch agencies and to courts reviewing cases)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (in which the relief sought is an order)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 14.94 0 Td (for an action by a federal executive agency. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 17.685 0 Td (See NLRB v. Yellow Freight Sys., Inc.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 15.108 0 Td (,)Tj -47.734 -1.125 Td (930 F.2d 316, 330 \(3d Cir. 1991\). )Tj (Further, as the Supreme Court has)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 27.664 0 Td (explained recently, although the full faith and)Tj -27.664 -1.125 Td (credit doctrine applies to the recognition of civil judgments, it does n\ ot apply to either enforcement measures)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 43.876 0 Td (arising)Tj -43.876 -1.125 Td (from civil judgments or the operation of state statutes. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 21.884 0 Td (Baker )Tj /TT0 1 Tf ([)Tj /TT1 1 Tf (v. Gen. Motors Corp.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, 522 U.S. 222 \(1998\)] \(holding that)Tj -21.884 -1.125 Td (a federal court in Missouri was)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 12.663 0 Td (not obligated to give full faith and credit to a consent judgment entere\ d by a Michigan)Tj -12.663 -1.125 Td (state court\). )Tj 4.97 0 Td (In resolving )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Baker)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, the Supreme Court concluded that one)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 23.549 0 Td (state's judgment cannot be used to control)Tj -28.52 -1.125 Td (litigation in other courts absent both parties having been before the co\ urt in both litigations. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 36.88 0 Td (Id)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (. at 239.)Tj /TT1 1 Tf -36.88 -2.125 Td (Id)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (. at 1152-53.)Tj 0 -2.375 TD (\(2\) )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Arapahoe County Airport Authority v. Federal Aviation Administration)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 29.969 0 Td (, 242 F.3d 1213 \(10)Tj 9.75 0 0 9.75 470.2949 449.25 Tm (th)Tj 12 0 0 12 477.8788 444.75 Tm ( Cir. 2001\). )Tj (The Tenth)Tj -38.49 -1.125 Td (Circuit reached the same result as in)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC /TT1 1 Tf 14.745 0 Td (Taylor)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, for the same reasons, deferring to the FAA's decisions about the safe)Tj -14.745 -1.125 Td (operation of an airport and the civil aviation needs of the public over \ the state)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 31.295 0 Td (court's injunctive order. )Tj 9.733 0 Td (The Arapahoe)Tj -41.028 -1.125 Td (Court noted:)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (We agree with the FAA and the Fifth Circuit that the preclusive effect, \ if any of the Colorado Supreme Court decision)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (derives from the common law doctrines)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 16.162 0 Td (of )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (res judicata )Tj /TT0 1 Tf 6.083 0 Td (and issue preclusion \(collateral estoppel\), not \247 1738. We further)Tj -22.245 -1.125 Td (agree these common law doctrines extending full faith and credit to stat\ e court)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 31.628 0 Td (determinations are trumped by the)Tj -31.628 -1.125 Td (Supremacy Clause if the effect of the state court judgment or decree is \ to restrain the exercise of the United States')Tj T* (sovereign)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (power by imposing requirements that are contrary to important and establ\ ished federal policy. )Tj 41.959 0 Td (Balancing, de)Tj -41.959 -1.125 Td (novo, the common law justification for the full)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 18.968 0 Td (faith and credit with the competing policy supporting the Supremacy)Tj -18.968 -1.125 Td (Clause, we conclude the FAA is not required to give preclusive effect to\ the Colorado)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 34.601 0 Td (Supreme Court's decision.)Tj /TT1 1 Tf -34.601 -2.375 Td (Id)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (. at 1219. )Tj (In the )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Arapahoe )Tj /TT0 1 Tf (balancing test, the 10)Tj 9.75 0 0 9.75 256.6094 273.75 Tm (th)Tj 12 0 0 12 264.1932 269.25 Tm ( Circuit reasoned that the Colorado proceeding lacked the "depth and)Tj -20.683 -1.125 Td (breadth of analysis" of the FAA)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (hearing, the Colorado Supreme Court was "seriously divided," and the FAA\ was not a)Tj T* (party to or in privity with a party to the state court proceedings. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 25.604 0 Td (Id)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (. at)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (1219-1220. )Tj (Because the FAA was not a party in)Tj -25.604 -1.125 Td (the earlier proceeding, a key requirement for issue preclusion under sta\ te and federal law was not met. )Tj 41.123 0 Td (In)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (regard to)Tj -41.123 -1.125 Td (balancing the supremacy principles, the court recognized "in the arena o\ f aviation regulation 'federal concerns are)Tj T* (preeminent,'" and Congress has)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 12.835 0 Td (provided a "comprehensive scheme of combined regulation, subsidization, \ and)Tj -12.835 -1.125 Td (operational participation" in the aviation field, tilting the balance to\ wards)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 29.593 0 Td (federal interests trumping state interests. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 16.439 0 Td (Id)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (. at)Tj -46.033 -1.125 Td (1221.)Tj 0 -2.375 TD (\(3\) )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (N.L.R.B. v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 17.47 0 Td (, 930 F.2d 316, 320 \(3)Tj 9.75 0 0 9.75 332.3066 150.75 Tm (rd)Tj 12 0 0 12 340.4285 146.25 Tm ( Cir. 1991\). )Tj (The Third Circuit commented about the)Tj -27.036 -1.125 Td (inapplicability of \247 1738 to N.L.R.B.)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 15.054 0 Td (decisions because, in part, federal courts are not required to give coll\ ateral)Tj -15.054 -1.125 Td (estoppel effect to an unappealed arbitration award. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 20.491 0 Td (Yellow Freight )Tj /TT0 1 Tf 6.222 0 Td (balanced the)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 5.275 0 Td (policy in favor of arbitration against the)Tj -31.988 -1.125 Td ("federal policy to remedy unfair labor practices" and concluded the arbi\ trator's findings of fact need not be given)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (preclusive effect by the N.L.R.B. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 13.523 0 Td (Id)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (. at 32-321. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Yellow Freight )Tj /TT0 1 Tf 11.86 0 Td (stated, "when a state agency 'acting in a judicial capacity)Tj -25.383 -1.125 Td (. . . resolves disputed issues of fact)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 14.136 0 Td (properly before it which the parties have had an adequate opportunity to\ litigate' . . .)Tj -14.136 -1.125 Td (federal courts must give the agency's fact finding the same preclusive)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 28.031 0 Td (effect to which it is entitled in the State's courts.")Tj /TT1 1 Tf -28.031 -1.125 Td (Id)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (. at 321 \(quoting )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 7.693 0 Td (University of Tennessee v. Elliott)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 13.247 0 Td (, 478 U.S. 788, 799 )Tj (\(1986\)\), and decided that the)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 19.802 0 Td (arbitrators)Tj ET q 10 36 592 730 re W n BT 12 0 0 12 16 38.25 Tm (decision was not binding because "the arbitrator was not presented with \ evidence essential to the Board's resolution of)Tj ET EMC Q endstream endobj 81 0 obj [93 0 R] endobj 82 0 obj <>stream BT /Artifact <>BDC /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm (04-05712.a1)Tj EMC /Artifact <>BDC 0 -86 TD (file:///usr.osd.mil/)Tj 7.166 0 Td (...)Tj (yComputer/Desktop/DOHA%20transfer/DOHA-Kane/dodogc/doha/industrial/Archi\ ved%20-%20HTML/04-05712.a1.html)Tj 50.24 0 Td ([7/2/2021 3:30:30 PM])Tj EMC ET 1 g 10 36 591.75 729.75 re f /Article <>BDC EMC /Article <>BDC q 10 36 592 730 re W n BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 755.25 Tm (with state collateral estoppel)Tj /TT1 1 Tf 11.413 0 Td ( )Tj /TT0 1 Tf (rules. )Tj (In )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Marrese)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, the Supreme Court stated, "[\247 1738] goes beyond common law and)Tj ET Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 741.75 Tm (commands a federal court to accept the)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 15.909 0 Td (rules chosen by the State from which the judgment is taken." )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 24.569 0 Td (Id. )Tj /TT0 1 Tf (\(citations)Tj -40.479 -1.125 Td (omitted\))Tj /TT1 1 Tf 3.388 0 Td (. )Tj /TT0 1 Tf (This language refers to the mandatory, statutory application of state)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 27.797 0 Td (collateral estoppel rules, as opposed to the)Tj -31.185 -1.375 Td (flexibility of federal common law, which is developed through caselaw.)Tj 0 0 0.933 rg 9.75 0 0 9.75 360.8945 716.25 Tm ( \(17\))Tj ET 0 0 0.933 RG 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 360.8945 715.5 cm 0 0 m 18.681 0 l h S Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 686.25 Tm (In )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Haring v. Prosise)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, for example, the Supreme Court analyzed Virginia state court decisions\ and determined that)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (Prosise's guilty plea to manufacturing a)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 16.01 0 Td (controlled substance in state court under "Virginia law would not bar Pr\ osise)Tj -16.01 -1.125 Td (from litigating the validity of the search conducted by petitioners." )Tj 26.929 0 Td (462 U.S. at)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (317. )Tj (The Court also rejected petitioner's)Tj -26.929 -1.125 Td (proposal that the "Court should create a special rule of preclusion" for\ among other reasons "to preserve important)Tj T* (federal interests [consistency] in judicial administration." )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 23.151 0 Td (Id)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (. at 317-322.)Tj -23.151 -2.125 Td (The Federal Circuit has decided that \247 1738 )Tj 17.772 0 Td (requires a determination of the preclusive effect at a Merit Systems)Tj -17.772 -1.125 Td (Protection Board hearing of a prior guilty plea)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 18.772 0 Td (in Maryland court under Maryland law. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 16.079 0 Td (See Graybill v. U.S. Postal)Tj -34.851 -1.125 Td (Service)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 2.942 0 Td (, 782 F.2d 1567, 1571-1572 \(Fed. Cir. 1986\). )Tj (In 1999, citing )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 24.443 0 Td (Graybill)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, the Federal)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 8.609 0 Td (Circuit came to the same)Tj -35.995 -1.125 Td (conclusion about preclusion requirements of \247 1738 in an Armed Servic\ es Board of Contract Appeals case. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 43.127 0 Td (See Caldera)Tj -43.127 -1.125 Td (v. Northrop)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (Worldwide Aircraft Services, Inc.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 18.331 0 Td (, 192 F.3d 962 \(Fed. Cir. 1999\).)Tj /TT2 1 Tf -18.331 -2.125 Td (\(2\) Federal common law and collateral estoppel.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 20.469 0 Td ( )Tj (Title 28 U.S.C. \247 1738 has been in effect essentially unchanged in)Tj -20.469 -1.125 Td (its present form since 1790. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 11.331 0 Td (Allen v.)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 3.304 0 Td (cCurry)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, 449 U.S. 90, 96 n.8 \(1980\). )Tj (Federal common law mirrors 28 U.S.C. \247 1738)Tj -14.635 -1.125 Td (by virtue of \247 1738's long-standing existence. )Tj 18.455 0 Td (Federal common law)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 8.692 0 Td (recognizes the virtues of reduction of unnecessary)Tj -27.146 -1.125 Td (litigation, which fosters reliance on adjudication, and the federal comm\ on law's recognition of collateral)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 41.888 0 Td (estoppel)Tj -41.888 -1.125 Td (promotes "the comity between state and federal courts that has been reco\ gnized as a bulwark of the federal system." )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 46.632 0 Td (Id)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (.)Tj -46.632 -1.125 Td (\(citing )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 2.86 0 Td (Younger v. Harris)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, 401)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (U.S. 37, 43-45 \(1971\)\).)Tj -2.86 -2.125 Td (Some might argue that the absence of a significant body of caselaw requi\ ring administrative judges to comply with)Tj T* (collateral estoppel requirements for a)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 15.132 0 Td (previous state criminal court conviction allows an administrative judge \ to craft)Tj -15.132 -1.125 Td (their own collateral estoppel rules. )Tj 14.051 0 Td (In )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (University of Tennessee v. Elliott)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 14.33 0 Td (, 478)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (U.S. 788, 797 \(1986\), the Supreme Court)Tj -28.381 -1.125 Td (determined that the federal common law rules of preclusion required appl\ ication of state preclusion law in the context)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 47.373 0 Td (of)Tj -47.373 -1.125 Td (administrative hearings, stating:)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (We have previously recognized that it is sound policy to apply principle\ s of issue preclusion to fact-finding of)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (administrative bodies acting in a judicial)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 16.496 0 Td (capacity. )Tj 3.831 0 Td (In a unanimous decision in )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 11.026 0 Td (United States v. Utah Construction &)Tj -31.353 -1.125 Td (Mining Co.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, 384 U.S. 394 \(1966\), we held that the fact-finding of the Advisory)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 31.856 0 Td (Board of Contract Appeals was binding)Tj -31.856 -1.125 Td (in a subsequent action in the Court of Claims involving a contract dispu\ te between the same parties . . . "Occasionally)Tj T* (courts have used language to the effect that )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 17.548 0 Td (res judicata )Tj /TT0 1 Tf 5 0 Td (principles do not apply to administrative proceedings, but such)Tj -22.548 -1.125 Td (language is certainly too broad. )Tj 12.829 0 Td (When)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (an administrative agency is acting in a judicial capacity, and resolves \ disputed)Tj -12.829 -1.125 Td (issues of fact properly before it which the parties have an adequate opp\ ortunity to)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 32.878 0 Td (litigate, the courts have not hesitated)Tj -32.878 -1.125 Td (to apply )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 3.5 0 Td (res judicata )Tj /TT0 1 Tf 5 0 Td (to enforce repose." \(citations omitted\).)Tj -8.499 -2.125 Td (The )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Tennessee v. Elliott)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 9.608 0 Td ( Court at 799 continued:)Tj -9.608 -2.125 Td (The [Constitution's] Full Faith and Credit Clause is of course not bindi\ ng on federal courts, but we can certainly look to)Tj T* (the policies underlying the Clause in)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 14.886 0 Td (fashioning federal common-law rules of preclusion. "Perhaps the major pu\ rpose of)Tj -14.886 -1.125 Td (the Full Faith and Credit Clause is to act as a nationally unifying forc\ e," )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 29.041 0 Td (id)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (.,)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (at 289 \(White, J. concurring in judgment\),)Tj -29.041 -1.125 Td (and this purpose is served by giving preclusive effect to state administ\ rative fact-finding rather than leaving the)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 44.792 0 Td (courts)Tj -44.792 -1.125 Td (of a second forum, state or federal, free to reach conflicting results. \ )Tj 27.127 0 Td (Accordingly, we hold that when a state agency)Tj -27.127 -1.125 Td ("acting in a judicial capacity . . .)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 13.153 0 Td (resolves disputed issues of fact properly before it which the parties ha\ ve an adequate)Tj -13.153 -1.125 Td (opportunity to litigate," )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 9.629 0 Td (Utah Construction & Mining Co.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 13.306 0 Td (, 384 U.S. at 422,)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (federal courts must give the agency's fact-)Tj -22.936 -1.125 Td (finding the same preclusive effect to which it would be entitled in the \ State's courts.)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (It is illogical to conclude that courts are required to follow collatera\ l estoppel rules for previous )Tj 38.432 0 Td (administrative hearings,)Tj -38.432 -1.125 Td (but conversely administrative judges)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 14.941 0 Td (are not required to comply with such rules for previous state court conv\ ictions.)Tj /TT2 1 Tf -14.941 -2.125 Td (\(3\) The majority opinion.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf ( )Tj (The majority, citing four circuit-level cases, reasons that state law sh\ ould not be considered)Tj ET EMC endstream endobj 93 0 obj <>/BS<>/Border[0 0 0]/PA<>/Rect[360.0 714.0 378.0 725.0]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> endobj 45 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 9/Type/Page>> endobj 94 0 obj [96 0 R 97 0 R 98 0 R 99 0 R] endobj 95 0 obj <>stream BT /Artifact <>BDC /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm (04-05712.a1)Tj EMC /Artifact <>BDC 0 -86 TD (file:///usr.osd.mil/)Tj 7.166 0 Td (...)Tj (yComputer/Desktop/DOHA%20transfer/DOHA-Kane/dodogc/doha/industrial/Archi\ ved%20-%20HTML/04-05712.a1.html)Tj 50.24 0 Td ([7/2/2021 3:30:30 PM])Tj EMC ET 1 g 10 36 591.75 729.75 re f /Article <>BDC EMC /Article <>BDC BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 744 Tm (As a general rule, a person convicted of a criminal offense is collatera\ lly estopped from denying his guilt of the crime in)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (subsequent civil proceedings. )Tj 12.053 0 Td (Collateral estoppel applies to a criminal conviction whether it is enter\ ed after trial or by)Tj -12.053 -1.125 Td (guilty plea. )Tj 4.749 0 Td (DISCR Case No. 88-2116 \(October 13, 1989\) at p. 4)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (\(citing federal cases\). )Tj 30.131 0 Td (Federal courts have held that)Tj -34.88 -1.125 Td (collateral estoppel is applicable to preclude relitigation of criminal c\ onvictions in subsequent federal)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 40.459 0 Td (administrative)Tj -40.459 -1.125 Td (hearings. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Otherson v. U.S. Department of Justice)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 19.607 0 Td (, 711 F.2d 267 \(D.C. Cir. 1983\); )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Chisholm v. Defense Logistics)Tj -19.607 -1.125 Td (Agency)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 2.942 0 Td (, 656 F.2d 42 \(3d Cir.)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (1981\). )Tj (The Board has held that [the] general rule applies in security clearance\ cases. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 42.847 0 Td (See,)Tj -45.79 -1.125 Td (e.g.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, DISC 92-1283 \(August 26, 1993\) at p.3; DISCR Case No. 88-2271 \(Octo\ ber 16, 1991\) at pp. 5-6. )Tj (A person can)Tj T* (avoid the collateral estoppel effect of a criminal conviction in some si\ tuations:)Tj ET q 10 36 592 730 re W n q 1 0 0 1 37.75 627 cm 0 0 m 0 2 -3 2 -3 0 c -3 -2 0 -2 0 0 c f Q 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 37.75 627 cm 0 0 m 0 2 -3 2 -3 0 c -3 -2 0 -2 0 0 c h S Q Q BT 12 0 0 12 46 624 Tm (The conviction was constitutionally infirm. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 17.552 0 Td (United States v. Broce)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 8.942 0 Td (, 488 U.S. [563, 574-576 \(1989\)];)Tj ET q 10 36 592 730 re W n q 1 0 0 1 37.75 613.5 cm 0 0 m 0 2 -3 2 -3 0 c -3 -2 0 -2 0 0 c f Q 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 37.75 613.5 cm 0 0 m 0 2 -3 2 -3 0 c -3 -2 0 -2 0 0 c h S Q Q BT 12 0 0 12 46 610.5 Tm (The conviction was reversed on appeal. )Tj 16.077 0 Td (DISCR Case No. 88-0060 \(January 25, 1989\) at 4 \(citing federal cases\)\ .)Tj ET q 10 36 592 730 re W n q 1 0 0 1 37.75 600 cm 0 0 m 0 2 -3 2 -3 0 c -3 -2 0 -2 0 0 c f Q 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 37.75 600 cm 0 0 m 0 2 -3 2 -3 0 c -3 -2 0 -2 0 0 c h S Q Q BT 12 0 0 12 46 597 Tm (The conviction was based on a )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 12.552 0 Td (nolo contendere )Tj /TT0 1 Tf 6.72 0 Td (plea. )Tj 2.166 0 Td (DISCR Case No. 88-2116 \(October 13, 1989\) at pp. 4-5. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (See)Tj -21.437 -1.125 Td (also )Tj /TT0 1 Tf (Fed. R. Crim. Proc. 11\(e\)\(6\)\(B\).)Tj ET q 10 36 592 730 re W n q 1 0 0 1 37.75 561 cm 0 0 m 0 2 -3 2 -3 0 c -3 -2 0 -2 0 0 c f Q 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 37.75 561 cm 0 0 m 0 2 -3 2 -3 0 c -3 -2 0 -2 0 0 c h S Q Q BT 12 0 0 12 46 558 Tm (The conviction involved a guilty plea to a misdemeanor offense. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 26.02 0 Td (Otherson v. U.S. Department of Justice)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 15.719 0 Td (, supra,)Tj -41.739 -1.125 Td (711 F.2d at 276.)Tj ET q 10 36 592 730 re W n q 1 0 0 1 37.75 522 cm 0 0 m 0 2 -3 2 -3 0 c -3 -2 0 -2 0 0 c f Q 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 37.75 522 cm 0 0 m 0 2 -3 2 -3 0 c -3 -2 0 -2 0 0 c h S Q Q BT 12 0 0 12 46 519 Tm (The conviction is being used to collaterally estop a person concerning a\ matter not legally determined by the)Tj T* (conviction. [)Tj /TT1 1 Tf 5.054 0 Td (Id.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (] at 273.)Tj -7.554 -2.125 Td (The next year the Appeal Board questioned the continued vitality of an e\ xception for )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 34.211 0 Td (nolo contendere )Tj /TT0 1 Tf 6.72 0 Td (pleas in ISCR 96-)Tj -40.931 -1.375 Td (0525 at 3 n.3 )Tj (\(App. Bd. June 17, 1997\))Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (\(citing )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 18.72 0 Td (Myers v. Secretary of Health & Human Services)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 19.328 0 Td (, 893 F.2d 840, 843 \(6)Tj 9.75 0 0 9.75 579.2441 468 Tm (th)Tj 12 0 0 12 16 450 Tm (Cir. 1990\)\). )Tj (However, the )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Myers)Tj /TT0 1 Tf ( decision held a conviction based on a )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 28.52 0 Td (nolo)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC /TT0 1 Tf (plea was admissible, and met the standard)Tj -28.52 -1.125 Td (of substantial evidence, but it did not address preclusion or collateral\ estoppel. The Appeal Board in ISCR Case No.)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 46.656 0 Td (96-)Tj -46.656 -1.125 Td (0525 at 3 n. 2 \(App. Bd. June 17, 1997\) stated, "Federal courts do not\ give collateral estoppel effect to misdemeanor)Tj 0 -1.375 TD (convictions,")Tj 0 0 0.933 rg 9.75 0 0 9.75 79.2227 411 Tm ( \(13\))Tj ET q 10 36 592 730 re W n 0 0 0.933 RG 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 79.2227 410.25 cm 0 0 m 18.681 0 l h S Q Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 97.9038 406.5 Tm ( and cited ISCR Case No. 94-1213 at 3 \(App. Bd. Jun. 7, 1996\). The App\ eal Board also concluded that)Tj -6.825 -1.375 Td (state and federal court convictions based on )Tj /TT1 1 Tf 17.744 0 Td (Alford)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (-type pleas)Tj 0 0 0.933 rg 9.75 0 0 9.75 311.9043 394.5 Tm ( \(14\))Tj ET q 10 36 592 730 re W n 0 0 0.933 RG 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 311.9043 393.75 cm 0 0 m 18.681 0 l h S Q Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 330.5854 390 Tm ( have)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (collateral estoppel effect on industrial security)Tj -26.215 -1.125 Td (hearings. )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Id)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (. at 3-5. )Tj (These broad statements about the collateral estoppel effects of differen\ t types of convictions)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 45.151 0 Td (conflict)Tj -45.151 -1.125 Td (with decisions of the Supreme Court and the federal circuits.)Tj /TT2 1 Tf 0 -2.125 TD (E. )Tj (Collateral estoppel with respect to state and federal convictions.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf T* (I agree with the majority's three-part test for application of collatera\ l estoppel involving federal court criminal)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (convictions. )Tj 5.11 0 Td (Additionally, the Supreme Court)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 13.359 0 Td (has determined that the third requirement \(the application of collatera\ l)Tj -18.47 -1.125 Td (estoppel must not result in unfairness\) is always applicable, regardles\ s of the jurisdiction)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 35.714 0 Td (where the criminal trial)Tj -35.714 -1.375 Td (occurred.)Tj 0 0 0.933 rg 9.75 0 0 9.75 60.9707 273 Tm ( \(15\))Tj ET q 10 36 592 730 re W n 0 0 0.933 RG 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 60.9707 272.25 cm 0 0 m 18.681 0 l h S Q Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 79.6519 268.5 Tm ( )Tj (My disagreement with the majority)Tj -5.304 -2.125 Td (is that I believe Supreme Court precedent \(which has developed the comm\ on law of collateral estoppel\) and a federal)Tj T* (statute are consistent in their support for)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 16.357 0 Td (application of state collateral estoppel law to determine the preclusion\ effects)Tj -16.357 -1.125 Td (of a state court conviction. )Tj 10.885 0 Td (In Applicant's case, the federal and state collateral)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 20.31 0 Td (estoppel rules with respect to the)Tj -31.195 -1.375 Td (preclusion effects of convictions are the same.)Tj 0 0 0.933 rg 9.75 0 0 9.75 238.2461 204 Tm ( \(16\))Tj ET q 10 36 592 730 re W n 0 0 0.933 RG 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 238.2461 203.25 cm 0 0 m 18.681 0 l h S Q Q BT 0 g /TT2 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 16 174 Tm (\(1\) 28 U.S.C. \247 1738.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf ( )Tj (28 U.S.C. does not explicitly or directly apply to administrative hearin\ gs. )Tj 38.495 0 Td (In regard to state court)Tj -38.495 -1.125 Td (convictions, however, "28 U.S.C. \247)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC (1738 generally requires 'federal courts to give preclusive effect to sta\ te-court)Tj T* (judgments whenever the courts of the State from which the judgments emer\ ged)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 31.991 0 Td (would do so.'" )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Haring v. Prosise)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, 462)Tj -31.991 -1.125 Td (U.S. 306, 313 \(1983\) \(quoting )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (Allen v. McCurry)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 19.303 0 Td (, 449 U.S. 90, 96 \(1980\)\))Tj /TT1 1 Tf (. )Tj /TT0 1 Tf ("This statute directs a federal court to refer)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 27.928 0 Td (to)Tj -47.231 -1.125 Td (the preclusion law of the State in which judgment was rendered)Tj /TT1 1 Tf 25.437 0 Td (.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (")Tj /TT1 1 Tf ( )Tj (Marrese v. American Academy of Orthopaedic)Tj -25.437 -1.125 Td (Surgeons)Tj /TT0 1 Tf (, 470 U.S. 373, 380 \(1985\))Tj /TT1 1 Tf (.)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 0 -2.125 TD (Federal courts may review security clearance determinations, including w\ hether an Administrative Judge properly)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (applied collateral estoppel with respect to a)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 17.577 0 Td (previous state court conviction. )Tj 12.802 0 Td (Because Federal courts, under \247 1738, are)Tj -30.379 -1.125 Td (required to apply state preclusion law, it is illogical for the Board to\ employ its own)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 33.798 0 Td (rules of )Tj /TT1 1 Tf (res judicata)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 8.026 0 Td ( and collateral)Tj ET q 10 36 592 730 re W n BT 12 0 0 12 16 40.5 Tm (estoppel. A )Tj (Federal court could not comply with \247 1738 and affirm a Board decisio\ n, should that Board decision conflict)Tj ET EMC Q endstream endobj 14 0 obj <> endobj 41 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 5/Type/Page>> endobj 42 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 6/Type/Page>> endobj 43 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 7/Type/Page>> endobj 44 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 8/Type/Page>> endobj 105 0 obj [108 0 R 109 0 R 110 0 R 111 0 R] endobj 106 0 obj <>stream BT /Artifact <>BDC /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm (04-05712.a1)Tj EMC /Artifact <>BDC 0 -86 TD (file:///usr.osd.mil/)Tj 7.166 0 Td (...)Tj (yComputer/Desktop/DOHA%20transfer/DOHA-Kane/dodogc/doha/industrial/Archi\ ved%20-%20HTML/04-05712.a1.html)Tj 50.24 0 Td ([7/2/2021 3:30:30 PM])Tj EMC ET 1 g 10 36 591.75 729.75 re f /Article <>BDC EMC /Article <>BDC q 10 36 592 730 re W n BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 755.25 Tm (\(TR. 33\). )Tj (Without explaining why Department Counsel's exhibits were relevant, or i\ ndicating he was admitting them for)Tj ET Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 741.75 Tm (some limited purpose, the)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 10.582 0 Td (Judge reiterated that he was not going to permit Applicant to retry the \ case. )Tj 30.352 0 Td (The Judge then)Tj -40.933 -1.125 Td (admitted the affidavits, concluding "what the government has)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 24.874 0 Td (presented are the usual things that we see in a Guideline J)Tj -24.874 -1.125 Td (case" \(TR. 35\).)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (Department Counsel called Applicant's wife as a witness, but on cross-ex\ amination, Applicant was not permitted to ask)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (questions about the financial issues)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 14.358 0 Td (pertaining to his pending divorce or the note that she wrote Applicant b\ ecause they)Tj -14.358 -1.125 Td (were beyond the scope of her direct examination \(TR. 57-58\). )Tj 24.991 0 Td (Department)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 4.97 0 Td (Counsel called S as a witness, but the Judge)Tj -29.961 -1.125 Td (refused to permit her testimony without Applicant being offered an oppor\ tunity to state his position on whether she)Tj T* (should testify stating:)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (. . . 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