On August 6, the lawsuit Lykins v Newsom, c.d., 2:19cv-6761, was withdrawn by the plaintiff. This had been the second lawsuit filed against the new California law on presidential primary ballot access and tax returns. The plaintiff is a voter. There are now no lawsuits pending in federal court in Los Angeles; all the others are in San Diego or Sacramento.

Also on August 6, the same attorney who had filed the Lykins lawsuit filed a new lawsuit in the Eastern District in Sacramento, although with a new voter plaintiff, Jeffrey S. Koenig, a Los Angeles voter. See the Complaint. This case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Kimberly J. Mueller, an Obama appointee. The new case is Koenig v Padilla, e.d., 2:19cv-1507.