U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss ruled that employees of the Department of Government Efficiency can continue to access student data at the Education Department, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Ruling that there was no evidence to believe that DOGE’s access to data would cause harm to the students, Moss refused to issue a temporary restraining order and said any concerns regarding identity theft were “entirely conjecture.”

Court records viewed by the outlet note that Adam Ramada, a DOGE staffer, had told the court his team is only tasked with auditing contracts, grants and other such programs to determine waste, fraud, and abuse.

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