U.S. District Court Judge Franklin Valderrama, a Trump appointee, will hear Sigcho-Lopez v Illinois State Board of Elections, n.d., 1:26cv-9156, on Wednesday, September 16, at 9:30 a.m. This is one of the cases that challenges the Illinois 5% petition for U.S. House independent candidates. The case had been filed on July 31 by Byron Sigcho-Lopez, an independent candidate for U.S. House in the 4th district in Chicago. Sigcho-Lopez is a Chicago city councilmember.