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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — After issuing an order that Utah must redraw its congressional districts, the judge in the Utah redistricting case has denied the Legislature's request from September 2024 that the court dismiss other pending counts in the case and also denied the request to wait to impose the redistricting timeline until the Utah Supreme Court makes a ruling on the decision issued on Monday.
Utah Third District Judge Dianna Gibson denied the request from the Legislature, ordering that the Legislature move forward on proposing new congressional maps within 30 days as she ordered in her decision on Monday.
The Legislature made this request in September, when the plaintiffs (League of Women Voters of Utah