A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted DOGE access to sensitive data from several government agencies, vacating a lower court’s preliminary injunction.
US District Judge Deborah Boardman, a Biden appointee, previously issued a preliminary injunction blocking DOGE from accessing potentially sensitive data, citing privacy violations.
A three-judge panel on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 ruling, smacked down Judge Boardman and rejected labor unions’ request to block DOGE’s access to the data.
Fox News reported:
A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected an effort by a group of labor unions to block President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, from accessing potentially sensitive U.S. user data from several government agencies.
Judges on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to vacate a lower court’s preliminary injunction that blocked DOGE from accessing certain user data, citing concerns that DOGE’s access would violate federal privacy laws.
The ruling is a near-term win for the Trump administration, allowing DOGE to access sensitive user information compiled by the U.S. Department of Education, Treasury Department, and Office of Personnel Management.
Unions had sued to block the access earlier this year, citing privacy concerns.
The 2-1 appeals court ruling vacates the lower court’s preliminary injunction, handed down by U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardma, and remands it back to the lower court to be heard on its merits.
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