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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.

A federal judge spent nearly two hours Wednesday raising questions about a legal challenge against North Carolina’s new state Senate map. US District Judge James Dever will decide in the days ahead whether to grant an injunction that blocks at least part of the map from taking effect.