A federal district judge in the Northern District of New York has stripped Letitia James and the New York State Board of Elections of their qualified immunity in a lawsuit.

What we found

Context. The GovInfo record shows a NDNY decision on August 7, 2026 in case 25-1447 naming Letitia James and the New York State Board of Elections as defendants, which matches the parties and court named in the claim.[3]

Context. That decision is described only as granting in part and denying in part a motion to dismiss; the excerpt does not show any ruling on qualified immunity or on personal-capacity liability for James or the Board.[3]

Context. Other sources concern different matters, such as the Sarcone subpoena appeal, the Protect Our Courts Act case, and the Wachter and Miller suits, and do not address the qualified-immunity ruling the claim describes.[1][2][4][5][6]

Sources

6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 2 not rated

1. 1Appeals court upholds block on US Justice Department ... - Reutersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
2. 2NY attorney general challenges authority of acting US ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
3. 325-1447 - NY Citizens Audit Civic Fund, Inc. et al v. James et algovinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: context
4. 4Attorney General James Successfully Defends New York's ...ag.ny.gov · primary source · cited for: context
5. 5Wachter et al. v. Letitia James and New York State ...slfliberty.org · not rated · cited for: context
6. 6[PDF] Case 1:23-cv-00820-LEK-DJS Document 10 Filed 10/30/23 Page 1 ...americanfreedomlawcenter.org · not rated · cited for: context

Where this claim was made

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• The Rob Carson Show · Sep 7, 2026“I do want to bring the attention to a lawsuit that realamerica dot vote has up in the Northern District of New York, actually in Albany, getting concurrence from a federal district judge that Letitia James and the New York State Board of Elections are dragged into her court... They are stripped of their titles, stripped of their qualified immunity”Post →

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