On May 15, U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer modified the relief she had given petitioning candidates back on April 23. She moved the deadline from August 7 to July 20, after the state told her in a request for reconsideration that it could not cope with a deadline as late as August 7.
The state also had wanted her to change the petition requirement from 10% of the legal requirement, to 25%, but she denied that. The state had wanted her to move the deadline to July 6, but she didn’t do that either. Libertarian Party of Illinois v Pritzker, n.d., 1:20cv-2112.
It would be interesting to see the actual court order and the transcript of the hearing. If you have them, could you link to the story. Thanks!