# United States v. Steve Simon and State of Minnesota (voter rolls) *Federal civil action, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, docket 0:25-cv-03761, filed September 25, 2025.* *United States v. Steve Simon and State of Minnesota* (D. Minn., No. 0:25-cv-03761) is a federal civil action the United States filed on September 25, 2025, against Minnesota Secretary of State [[Steve Simon]] and the State of [[Minnesota]].[^1] The complaint seeks the statewide voter registration list. It proceeds under the [[Civil Rights Act of 1960]] and Section 303 of the [[Help America Vote Act]].[^1] The Secretary declined to provide the unredacted Statewide Voter Registration List. The State defends that refusal on Minnesota Statutes §201.091, the state statute governing voter lists.[^2][^3] The case record lists the matter as active. A validated source refreshed on June 18, 2026, describes it as ongoing before District Judge [[Katherine M. Menendez]] and Magistrate Judge Elsa M. Bullard.[^2] The pack reviewed here contains no ruling on the merits. ## Background Minnesota Statutes §201.091 was enacted by Laws 1973, chapter 676, section 7. Its Revisor history line runs through Laws 2025, chapter 39, with no repeal.[^3] A validated source attributes the 1973 enactment to the administration of Governor Anderson (DFL). It counts five amendments under the Walz administration and amendments in every era between them.[^4] The same source computes that the statute predates the administration now operating it by 46 years.[^4] Two session laws, 1Sp2019 chapter 10 and 2023 chapter 62, each amended both §201.091 and §43A.191 in a single enactment.[^4][^3] Section 43A.191 is the statute at issue in a separate federal action.[^4] ## Parties and claims The plaintiff is the United States, acting through the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. The defendants are Secretary of State Steve Simon and the State of Minnesota.[^1] The complaint asks for the statewide voter list under the Civil Rights Act of 1960 and the Help America Vote Act.[^1] Minnesota's §201.091 is the state instrument governing that data. The source record identifies it as the provision the State invoked to withhold the list.[^4][^3] ## State position and public statements The record states that the Secretary's refusal to provide the unredacted list is defended on state law, §201.091.[^2] The case record names a statement from the Secretary of State's office as a secondary source. That statement is titled *Statement from Secretary Simon on federal Minnesota Voter Integrity Act*.[^5] The pack does not reproduce its contents. KSTP reported on the Justice Department's suit over the refusal to turn over voter rolls.[^6] KAXE published a question-and-answer interview with Simon about the lawsuit on September 30, 2025.[^7] ## Procedural history The complaint was filed in the District of Minnesota on September 25, 2025.[^1] The case is assigned to Judge Katherine M. Menendez, with Magistrate Judge Elsa M. Bullard.[^2] The [[League of Women Voters]] and [[Common Cause]] moved to intervene.[^2] As of June 18, 2026, the source describes the case as ongoing. The record reviewed does not contain later docket entries, rulings or orders.[^2] ## Related federal actions A validated source counts eleven federal actions against the State. It reads their captions and dates from the filed complaints.[^8] The listed dockets are: - 0:25-cv-00048-ADM-DLM (January 6, 2025; 171 pages) - 0:25-cv-02668 (June 25, 2025) - 0:25-cv-03761 (this case; September 25, 2025) - 0:25-cv-03798 (September 29, 2025) - 0:26-cv-00273 (January 14, 2026; Title VII; cites §43A.191 eight times) - 0:26-cv-02078 (March 30, 2026) The same count also includes OCR dockets.[^8] A county chronology row pairs the September 25 Simon filing with a September 29 sanctuary suit naming the City of Saint Paul.[^9] One validated source places this case in a civil lane of federal enforcement. In its account, that lane challenges statutory text, while a separate criminal and referral lane addresses knowledge and benefit.[^10] ## Omissions in official accounts A validated phrase-search covered both PDFs of the congressional Staff Report, 205 and 54 pages long. The string "201.091" appeared zero times, as did "43A" and "128C".[^11] Positive controls in the same search returned fraud 631, Walz 246, [[Feeding Our Future]] 123 and Ellison 110.[^11] The search was reproduced independently in a June 2026 validation review.[^11] The record therefore does not show the Staff Report addressing §201.091, the statute governing the voter list sought in this suit.[^11][^3] ## Notes [^1]: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, *Complaint, United States v. Steve Simon and State of Minnesota, No. 0:25-cv-03761* (D. Minn., filed Sep. 25, 2025) — establishes caption, docket, court, filing date, defendants, federal statutes invoked and relief sought. https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1415121/dl [^2]: *The Instrument No One Will Name* (densified, 2026-06-18), note [54] (validated; refreshed 2026-06-18) — establishes the refusal to provide the unredacted Statewide Voter Registration List, the defense on §201.091, the assigned judges, the motions to intervene and the ongoing status. [^3]: Minnesota Revisor of Statutes, *Minn. Stat. §201.091* — establishes the statutory text and its history line from 1973 c 676 s 7 through 2025 c 39. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/201.091 [^4]: *How Minnesota Got Here* (merged master, footnoted), notes [3] and [17] and the laminates passage (validated) — establishes the enactment attribution to Anderson (DFL), the five Walz-era amendments, the absence of repeal, the 46-year age, the shared 1Sp2019 c 10 and 2023 c 62 vehicles, and §201.091's role in withholding the data. [^5]: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, *Statement from Secretary Simon on federal Minnesota Voter Integrity Act* — the statement listed as the case's secondary source. https://www.sos.mn.gov/about-the-office/news-room/statement-from-secretary-simon-on-federal-minnesota-voter-integrity-act [^6]: KSTP, *DOJ sues Minnesota Secretary of State Simon over refusal to turn over voter rolls* — news report of the filing. https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/doj-sues-minnesota-secretary-of-state-simon-over-refusal-to-turn-over-voter-rolls/ [^7]: KAXE, *Q&A with Secretary of State Steve Simon, who the Trump administration is suing over voter rolls* (Sep. 30, 2025) — interview with the defendant. https://www.kaxe.org/minnesota-news/2025-09-30/secretary-of-state-steve-simon-trump-administration-lawsuit-voter-rolls [^8]: *How Minnesota Got Here* (merged master, footnoted), note [36] (validated) — enumerates the related federal actions by docket and date, as read from the filed complaints. [^9]: Companion chronology to *RAMSEY_COUNTY_COMPLETE_HISTORY_2026-09-02*, history row HE-0250 — Sep 25 / Sep 29, 2025: U.S. v. Simon and the sanctuary suit naming the City of Saint Paul. [^10]: *The Instrument No One Will Name* (densified, 2026-06-18) (validated) — the source's civil-lane and criminal/referral-lane grouping of the federal actions. [^11]: *How Minnesota Got Here* (merged master, footnoted), note [8], and *The Instrument No One Will Name*, note [2] (validated) — establishes the phrase-search results against both report PDFs (205 + 54 pp.) and its independent reproduction.