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A federal Appeals Court will expedite its consideration of a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. Appellate judges issued an order Monday granting the plaintiffs’ request for a speedy review.

Plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map are trying again to secure an expedited ruling in their case. They have asked a federal Appeals Court to issue a decision by Feb. 15.

A federal judge has denied a requested injunction in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. The decision arrived Friday, almost two months after plaintiffs had initially called for court action. Plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.

The latest court filing from plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map “raises more questions than it answers,” according to a response state legislative leaders filed Monday. US District Judge James Dever set Monday as the deadline for lawmakers to respond to the plaintiffs' filing. Plaintiffs have asked Dever to issue an injunction blocking at least two Senate districts from being used in the 2024 elections.

A federal Appeals Court granted plaintiffs' request Tuesday to return a redistricting lawsuit to a Raleigh-based federal judge. Without action from appellate judges, the case challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map would have remained officially with appellate judges until late January.

A federal judge has set a Jan. 22 deadline for North Carolina’s legislative leaders and the state elections board to respond to the latest court filings in a dispute targeting the new state Senate election map. That means the judge will issue no decision this week on an injunction blocking the map.

Top legislative leaders are asking a federal Appeals Court not to speed up the timetable for issuing its mandate in a case involving the new state Senate election map. A

Top legislative leaders are asking a federal Appeals Court not to speed up the timetable for issuing its mandate in a case involving the new state Senate election map. A federal judge in Raleigh cannot act in the case without the appellate mandate.

Unaffiliated voters are hitting the pause button on their federal lawsuit challenging the composition of North Carolina’s State Board of Elections. A court filing Friday indicates the suit will not

Unaffiliated voters are hitting the pause button on their federal lawsuit challenging the composition of North Carolina’s State Board of Elections. A court filing Friday indicates the suit will not proceed until state courts resolve a separate suit pitting the governor against state legislative leaders.