After DOJ Moved to Vacate DOGE Barred from Treasury Access Now Judge Asks if Case Moot

After DOJ Moved to Vacate DOGE Barred from Treasury Access Now Judge Asks if Case Moot by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 7– New York and other states on Friday filed for an injunction against the Trump administration and early Saturday morning obtained a Temporary Restraining Order that the Administration is  "restrained from granting access to all political appointees, special government employees, and government employees detailed from an agency outside the Treasury Department, to any Treasury Department payment record, payment systems, or any other data systems maintained by the Treasury Department containing personally identifiable information and/or confidential financial information of payees."    Inner City Press, which closely covers the SDNY court, immediately put the order on its DocumentCloud here.     A day later questions were being raised whether the restrained "political appointees" included Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. It would appear the argument will be in Tuesday's filing and Friday's argument. Inner City Press asked, but will it be addressed before? Yes. After 11 pm on Sunday, February 9 DOJ filed to vacate the TRO, arguing that "the Order could be read to cover all political leadership within Treasury—including even Secretary Bessent."Memo of law on Patreon here. The states filed opposition, saying the TROs are not appealable, and that the TRO should only be modified to allow the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City the access it had before January 20. 11-page memo on Patreon here.  Reply was due by 11 pm. Analysis including on how this midnight fight on clarifying the scope of the order might have been avoided is on X for Subscribers here and Substack here On February 14, after a press statement by AG James, the arguments, Inner City Press live tweeted here. Jump cut to July 7, 2026 when Judge Vargas docketed: By July 21, 2026, the parties shall each submit a letter to the Court stating whether, in light of the apparent dissolution of DOGE, there are any live issues remaining in this case, or whether some or all of Plaintiffs' claims for declaratory and injunctive relief are now moot. (Signed by Judge Jeannette A. Vargas on 7/7/2026) The case is, or was, State of New York, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., 1:25-cv-1144 (Vargas) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com