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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th District ruled in favor of three African-American Youngstown residents who contended a federal judge erred when he dis

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th District ruled in favor of three African-American Youngstown residents who contended a federal judge erred when he dismiss

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by three African-American Youngstown residents seeking to invalidate the congressional district map for supposedly dis

A single appeal was filed in the federal redistricting case that deemed an unconstitutional map as the official map for the general election in November.

The attorney representing a group of Youngstown voters said he is preparing to file another motion arguing the Ohio Redistricting Commission violated the Voting Rights Act when drawing the new congressional district map.

The judges involved said a request to wipe out the congressional maps “exceeds the scope of their intervention.”

The group wanted the federal court to intervene in Ohio's congressional races and block the certification of the May 3 primary results, but the court said the request exceeded the scope of the original case.

A federal three-judge panel still waiting on an Ohio legislative redistricting plan said Tuesday it won't jump into congressional redistricting right now either.

The attorney representing a group of Youngstown voters said he is preparing to file another motion arguing the Ohio Redistricting Commission violated the Voting Rights Act when drawing the new congressional district map.

The three federal judges hearing an Ohio legislative redistricting case also heard a request on a congressional redistricting case, by opponents who say the 15-district congressional map is "unlawful".