{"id":2596531,"date":"2026-04-29T08:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-dismisses-doj-request-for-arizona-voter-rolls\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:37:26","slug":"federal-judge-dismisses-doj-request-for-arizona-voter-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-dismisses-doj-request-for-arizona-voter-rolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge dismisses DOJ request for Arizona voter rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-judge-dismisses-doj-request-for-arizona-voter-rolls%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2596531&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Trump-appointed federal judge dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit that sought Arizona\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-counties-sued-for-duplicate-voter-registrations\/\" title=\"Minnesota Counties Sued for Duplicate Voter Registrations\">statewide voter registration list<\/a>,ruling the DOJ is not entitled to demand the data under Title III of the Civil Rights Act. The order was issued with prejudice, preventing the case from being refiled, and sided with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, who had refused to turn over sensitive voter facts that the government saeid was required. Arizona officials hailed the decision as a defense of voter privacy against federal overreach. The ruling is the latest in a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >court decisions blocking federal efforts<\/a> to obtain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-lie-about-this-leftist-linked-voter-roll-maintenance-group-to-protect-democrats-election-machine\/\" title=\"Media distort truth about leftist-linked voter roll &#039;maintenance&#039; group to shield Democrats&#039; election machine\">state voter data<\/a>, including cases in several other states.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>A Trump-appointed federal judge dismissed the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3799521\/arizona-denies-doj-request-voter-data\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3799521\/arizona-denies-doj-request-voter-data\/\">Justice Department\u2019s lawsuit<\/a> seeking voter rolls from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"327\">Arizona<\/a>, marking the administration\u2019s latest loss in court over requests for state-level voter data.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.azd.1474383\/gov.uscourts.azd.1474383.48.0_1.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.azd.1474383\/gov.uscourts.azd.1474383.48.0_1.pdf\">issued an order<\/a> on Tuesday to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning the same lawsuit is prevented from being refiled. The ruling handed a win to Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, who filed a motion to dismiss the suit.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4547292\/james-comey-posts-video-in-response-to-new-doj-indictment\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>James Comey posts video in response to new DOJ indictment<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4546728\/soldier-charge-maduro-raid-bet-plea\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Soldier charged with making over $400,000 on Maduro raid bet pleads not guilty<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4546514\/kash-patel-tim-walz-minnesota-federal-raids\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Patel tuts Walz after Minnesota governor takes credit for federal raids: \u2018Come again?\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>In the 13-page order, Judge Brnovich found that the DOJ isn\u2019t entitled to demand Arizona produce its statewide <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-registration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"161\">voter registration<\/a> list under Title III of the Civil Rights Act.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4546191\/james-comey-indicted-second-time-report\/\">JAMES COMEY INDICTED FOR A SECOND TIME<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case presents a legal question: is the Attorney General entitled to the SVRL under Title III,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIt does not present a political question: should the Attorney General be entitled to the SVRL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-revokes-derek-chauvins-bail-sets-sentencing-hearing-for-eight-weeks\/\" title=\"Judge Revokes Derek Chauvin\u2019s Bail, Sets Sentencing Hearing For Eight Weeks\">judge noted<\/a> the latter question is \u201creserved for the legislative and executive branches\u201d while the court must consider the legal question in context of the \u201crelevant text\u201d in Article 3.<\/p>\n<p>After Fontes refused to comply with the DOJ\u2019s request for voter information, the department accused the state official of violating Title III and filed litigation to compel the handover of such data.<\/p>\n<p>Fontes and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, both Democrats, celebrated Tuesday\u2019s ruling as a rightful win against the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"339\">Trump administration<\/a>. They said the court was \u201cclear\u201d in its conclusion that Title III did not authorize the DOJ\u2019s demand of \u201csensitive personal information of millions of Arizona voters,\u201d including home addresses and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-security\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"796\">Social Security<\/a> numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArizona acted correctly in refusing this request, and today\u2019s ruling vindicates that decision,\u201d Mayes and Fontes <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azag.gov\/press-release\/attorney-general-mayes-and-secretary-fontes-issue-statement-dismissal-dojs-lawsuit\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.azag.gov\/press-release\/attorney-general-mayes-and-secretary-fontes-issue-statement-dismissal-dojs-lawsuit\">said in a joint statement<\/a>. \u201cOur offices will continue to defend the privacy of Arizona voters against federal overreach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4517866\/trump-mail-in-ballot-executive-order-reveals-why-doj-pushing-state-voter-data\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4517866\/trump-mail-in-ballot-executive-order-reveals-why-doj-pushing-state-voter-data\/\">TRUMP\u2019S MAIL-IN BALLOT EXECUTIVE ORDER REVEALS WHY DOJ IS PUSHING FOR STATE VOTER DATA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted the DOJ for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The court order is the sixth ruling that has struck down federal lawsuits seeking voter data. Similar rulings were issued in California, Oregon, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump-appointed judge dismisses DOJ Arizona voter-rolls case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2596532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP24264691210604.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4472,7076,73205,75044,73324],"class_list":["post-2596531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arizona","tag-doj","tag-federal-courts-2","tag-voter-rolls-2","tag-voting-rights-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP24264691210604.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596531"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2596535,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596531\/revisions\/2596535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2596532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}