Federal court cancels planned hearing after Louisiana adopts new congressional maps

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The trial that was scheduled to start on Monday, Feb. 5, over the redrawing of a congressional map is canceled.

The federal judge overseeing the lawsuit, Shelly Dick, was supposed to have an evidentiary hearing on Monday to resolve the issue, but the hearing is no longer needed now that state lawmakers submitted a newly-drawn map with a second majority Black district.

Landry signed the bill last week.

The new 6th Congressional District cuts diagonally across the state from Shreveport to Baton Rouge. About 54% of the voting-age population in the district currently held by Republican U.S. Rep. Garret Graves would be Black — up from the current 23%.

The NAACP will let the court know by Tuesday, Feb. 6, if the map is acceptable. If necessary, they’ll submit a new or amended complaint by Feb. 8.

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