On February 12, U.S. District Court Judge Andrea Wood held a status conference in Libertarian Party of Illinois v Illinois State Board of Elections, n.d., 1:12cv-2511. This is the case that challenges the requirement that a newly-qualifying party must run a full slate of candidates. The case had been filed in April 2012. Judge Wood said she will try to put out a decision in the next seven days. The case has been delayed because it has repeatedly been re-assigned from one judge to another. This is something that U.S. District Courts do when a new judge begins to work. The new judge is always given some old cases that had previously belong to another judge, but that has happened twice in this case.