On November 13, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Fuller refused to put James Hall on the Alabama ballot as an independent candidate for U.S. House in the upcoming special election being held on December 17. The issue was whether a state is required to give more time, or relax the number of signatures, when the petitioning period is much shorter than usual.
It should be noted that in Alabama, an independent Congressional candidate needs more valid signatures than an independent Presidential candidate!