The D.C. Circuit appellate court denied an appeal to allow the Social Security Administration to continue using the SAVE database for eligibility verification.
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Badlands MediaOct 21, 2026
The D.C. Circuit's 2-1 order of September 4, 2026 denied the government's emergency request to stay Judge Sooknanan's June ruling, which had blocked the revamped SAVE system, so the core assertion holds.
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… In June 22, a judge blocked them, right? So that's the whole SAVE database and everything, and they've been had to fight in court all over the summer. The appellate court in the D.C. Circuit denied their appeal to allow them to continue using the SAVE database and verifying the eligibility of the people receiving Social Security. September 25th, they lifted the block, and then today so just less than one month later, or yesterday, not today they were able to finish the job. So I do question whether they actually paused. …
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Supports. The D.C. Circuit's September 4, 2026 order denied the government's motion for a stay pending appeal of the June 22 ruling that blocked the modified SAVE system, with Judge Katsas dissenting.[2][4][5]
Supports. Coverage describes the government's request as an effort to revive or continue use of the expanded SAVE database that draws on Social Security Administration data, which the D.C. Circuit refused to allow.[4][6][7]
Context. The Supreme Court granted the government's stay application on September 25, 2026, reinstating the ability to use SAVE pending appeal, a later development that does not change whether the D.C. Circuit denied the request.[1][3][8]
Context. The claim's wording ('appeal') differs from the record's 'motion for stay pending appeal', and the SSA actor is one of several agencies whose data is used in the SAVE overhaul; neither alters the central assertion.[2][9]
Sources
9 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 6 not rated
- 1Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for nowapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 226-5243media.cadc.uscourts.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 326A308.xmlsupremecourt.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4In latest win for voters, appeals court rejects bid to revive DHS voter purge database, for nowdemocracydocket.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Supreme Court asked to enter voter verification system fightspokesman.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Trump DOJ asks Chief Justice John Roberts for another staylawandcrime.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Appeals court rejects Trump administration effort to ...citizensforethics.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8Supreme Court Leaves Expanded SAVE Program in Place ...empirejustice.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 9Explainer: DHS's Unreliable SAVE System Can no Longer ...democracy2025.org · not rated · cited for: context
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Related claims
- The DC Circuit ruled two-to-one against the government's request for a stay in the SAVE system case.True
- A judge blocked the Social Security Administration from using the SAVE database to verify eligibility for payments on June 22.True
- The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court decision ruling that the IRS's decision to share taxpayer information with the Department of Homeland Security violates the law.True
- The Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Homeland Security is allowed to use confidential data from the Social Security Administration based on Section 1373 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.True
- The DC Circuit panel that ruled on the SAVE system stay consisted of Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan, Judge Robert Wilkins, and Judge Greg Katzis.True