On December 7, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman held a status conference in Kennedy v Secretary of State of Texas, w.d., 1:16cv-1047. This is Rocky De La Fuente’s case against the Texas ballot access laws for independent presidential candidates, and the Texas law that won’t let presidential primary candidates qualify as independent candidates. A trial be held starting January 15, 2018. This is far in the future, but allows time for discovery during 2017.