Rep. Ronnie Jackson (R-TX), who was once President Donald Trump's doctor, had his lawsuit against California Gov. Gavin Newsom thrown out of court on Thursday.
Politico legal reporter Kyle Cheney posted the ruling on Bluesky in which a Trump judicial appointee threw out the case.
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, appointed by Trump to the bench in Texas in 2017, told Jackson that he has not been "harmed" by Newsom's redistricting effort. Newsom has been promoting a ballot measure to change redistricting rules to increase the number of Democrats in the House. It will require public sign-off, however, and will go to a state-wide vote on Nov. 4.
There have already been 3.4 million ballots returned by voters who have cast their votes early, the Los Angeles Times reported.
On whether the case has standing, Kacsmaryk wrote: "Causation requires the plaintiff to show 'that the injury was likely caused by the defendant,' and redressability requires the plaintiff to demonstrate 'that the injury would likely be redressed by judicial relief,'" the decision said, quoting TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez. "Far from being 'an ingenious academic exercise in the conceivable,' the standing inquiry requires plaintiff to make 'a factual showing of perceptible harm.'"
