On March 3, Rocky De La Fuente filed a brief in U.S. District Court in Minnesota, stating that his case is moot. The case had been filed to challenge the Minnesota law that gives parties the right to determine which candidates should appear on its presidential primary ballot. The Minnesota Republican Party had chosen to list only President Donald J. Trump. De La Fuente v Simon, 0:19cv-2995.

The state then filed a response, saying potentially the case is not moot, because the issue is capable of repetition in future elections, and ballot access cases don’t become moot just because the election is over. However, the state also said that if De La Fuente thinks that the case is moot, and because he said he will not run in presidential primaries in Minnesota in the future, then under those circumstances the case is moot.

De La Fuente also said in his brief that he wants to amend his complaint to challenge the residency requirement for presidential electors in the general election, but the state said that is an entirely new issue and Rocky should file a new lawsuit on that point.