A federal court on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order sought by a coalition of 22 Democratic attorneys general, including Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, opposing President Donald Trump’s efforts to collect data, including social security numbers, for Supplemental Nutrition Association Program recipients and applicants in the last five years.

But Nevada is ineligible for the relief because the state already turned over the personal data to the feds.

“My office filed this lawsuit to prohibit the Trump administration from unlawfully using Nevada SNAP recipients’ personal and confidential information. Unfortunately, because the State itself disclosed certain information, today’s court order applies only to other states,” Ford said in a statement to the Nevada Current

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