Documented on RECAP in No. 1:26-cv-11549-IT: on the evening of August 21, 2026, the Office of the Federal Register made a United States Postal Service final rule on ballot mail available for public inspection, with formal publication slated for August 26, 2026. Plaintiffs moved to enforce the August 11 preliminary injunction, arguing that completing rulemaking violated the order’s bar on “initiating or completing rulemaking” for the November 3 election (ECF 189, 190). Federal defendants opposed. They said the final rule itself states the Postal Service will not implement it for elections on or before November 3, 2026, unless the government obtains relief from both the California and League injunctions (ECF 197). They also filed an emergency motion to reconsider or stay the August 11 injunction in light of Trump v. California, No. 26A124 (ECF 196).
The Epoch Times and The Gateway Pundit report that on August 25 she found the Postal Service violated the injunction by completing the rules and declined to order withdrawal, block publication, or impose another penalty. Those articles quote “These arguments ignore the court’s explicit directive not to ‘initiat[e] or complet[e]’ rulemaking.” This build did not retrieve that August 25 memorandum PDF. The quoted finding is labeled reporting. A reported finding of a docket violation is not a criminal contempt conviction.