A three-judge panel has dismissed a motion from a Youngstown pastor and community activist to reconsider their claim that Ohio’s latest congressional map doesn’t adequately represent Black voters.
The dismissal, posted on Monday, came after U.S. District Court Judges John R. Adams and Solomon Oliver, Jr., along with Circuit Judge Joan L. Larsen, rejected a request from Reverend Kenneth Simon of New Bethel Baptist Church and community activist Helen Youngblood. They had sought to have the panel reconsider last year’s dismissal of a civil rights lawsuit filed in 2021.