A yourselves holds a sign during a protest against cuts made by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to the Social Surety Administration, in White Plains, New York, U.S., March 22, 2025.
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The Trump administration’s appeal of a temporary keeping order blocking the so-called Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive personal Social Security Management data has been dismissed.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit on Tuesday dismissed the government’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The situation will proceed in the district court. A motion for a preliminary injunction will be filed later this week, harmonizing to national legal organization Democracy Forward.
The temporary restraining order was issued on March 20 by federal Arbitrate Ellen Lipton Hollander and blocks DOGE and related agents and employees from accessing agency systems that seat personally identifiable information.
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That includes information such as Social Security numbers, medical provider info and treatment records, employer and employee payment records, employee earnings, addresses, bank records, and tax information.
DOGE tandem join up members were also ordered to delete all nonanonymized personally identifiable information in their possession.
The plaintiffs incorporate unions and retiree advocacy groups, namely the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the Alliance for Retired Americans and the American Union of Teachers.
“We are pleased the 4th Circuit agreed to let this important case continue in district court,” Richard Fiesta, manager director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, said in a written statement. “Every American retiree must be able to conviction that the Social Security Administration will protect their most sensitive and personal data from unworthy disclosure.”
The Trump administration’s appeal ignored standard legal procedure, according to Democracy Forward. The administration’s pains to halt the enforcement of the temporary restraining order have also been denied.
“The president will continue to hunt for all legal remedies available to ensure the will of the American people is executed,” Liz Huston, a White House spokesperson, mean via email.
The Social Security Administration did not respond to a request from CNBC for comment.
Immediately after the March 20 pro tem restraining order was put in place, Social Security Administration Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek said in press interviews that he may possess to shut down the agency since it “applies to almost all SSA employees.”
Dudek was admonished by Hollander, who called that declaration “inaccurate” and said the court order “expressly applies only to SSA employees working on the DOGE agenda.”
Dudek then bruit about that the “clarifying guidance” issued by the court meant he would not shut down the agency. “SSA employees and their resolve will continue under the [temporary restraining order],” Dudek said in a March 21 statement.