U.S. District Court Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, an Obama appointee, will hear League of Women Voters of New York State v Kosinski on Wednesday, May 25, at 8 a.m. This is the case filed earlier this week over the timing of the statewide primaries. The plaintiffs seek to have them moved to August 23. Without any court intervention, they will be June 28.

If the plaintiffs win, there will be more time for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, to submit their petitions. Currently they are due May 31. If that deadline is not overturned, it is likely that no statewide independent petitions will succeed in New York this year.

The plaintiffs’ brief is due Monday, May 23; the state’s brief is due Tuesday, May 24.