Judge Sukhnanan denied a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit against the SAVE system.
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The Lawfare PodcastSep 14, 2026
The claim matches the post's own statement that Judge Sooknanan denied a preliminary injunction. The clearinghouse docket for League of Women Voters v. DHS, a suit over the SAVE system, shows her denying the motion for a preliminary injunction and stay on November 17, 2025.
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… And theoretically, you can get back on by proving your citizenship, but, you know, there may be a time issue and so on. Anyway, they sue Judge this is in DC sparkle suknanan says, denies a preliminary injunction, but after fully after the full record and full briefing in June of this year, she rules for the plaintiffs and says that, yeah, there are significant rules in the Social Security Administration statutes about they make it very difficult for you to there are …
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Supports. The Clearinghouse docket for League of Women Voters v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security records Judge Sparkle Sooknanan denying the motion for a preliminary injunction and a stay on November 17, 2025.[2]
Context. Sooknanan later ruled for the plaintiffs in June 2026, blocking the expanded SAVE system; this is a separate, later ruling and does not contradict the earlier denial of a preliminary injunction.[1][3]
Context. The spelling 'Sukhnanan' in the claim is a transcription variant of 'Sooknanan' as used in the sources; the extraction otherwise tracks the passage faithfully.
Sources
3 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 not rated
- 1Judge blocks use of federal voter database to check ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2League of Women Voters v. U.S. Department of Homeland Securityclearinghouse.net · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3A federal judge finds a Trump data system to verify voters is unlawfulwunc.org · not rated · cited for: context
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- In June 2026, Judge Sukhnanan ruled for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the SAVE system.True
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- Judge T. Kent Wetherell II issued an injunction requiring the Department of Homeland Security to provide Modified SAVE to Florida, Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa.True
- 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