On Aug. 25 U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller is expected to reconsider her own request for the chief magistrate to appoint a three-judge panel to hear Citizens for Fair Representation v. Secretary of State Alex Padilla.

Mueller had made this request earlier this month. Hours later the state’s attorney filed a motion to reconsider that order.

Citizens for Fair Representation, which is made up of people behind the State of Jefferson movement that supports succession, filed the lawsuit against the state for lack of representation.

Mark Baird, one of the CFR spokespeople, said, “The case will ask important questions: Can one state senator properly represent 1 million people? Can one state assemblyman properly represent one-half million people?”

— Lake Tahoe News staff report