Judge Sorokin dismisses DOJ suit demanding Massachusetts voter-roll data

U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin dismissed the Department of Justice lawsuit against Massachusetts on April 9, 2026, ruling that the DOJ lacked legal authority to demand the state turn over its complete voter registration database containing partial Social Security numbers. The Trump DOJ had sued Massachusetts as part of a 30-state campaign to obtain voter roll data, alleging the state violated NVRA list-maintenance requirements. Sorokin found the suit procedurally defective and substantively overreaching.