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The case has been sent back to a district court for further proceedings.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T00:05:44.999Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-26T23:49:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T00:05:44.999Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":76,"critic":85,"hype":30,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 76: multiple independent outlets, named 9th Circuit court, judges, 20,000 ballots figure, and date provided.","critic":"Critic 85: explains why it matters, names next hearing, separates facts, includes specific names and figures.","hype":"Hype 30: headlines mildly emphatic but body factual, no sensational language."}},"tags":["#AppealsCourt","#ElectionLaw","#JusticeDepartment","#CaliforniaElections","#VoterIntegrity"],"entities":["9th Circuit Court of Appeals","Justice Department","California","Mark Bennett","Gabriel Sanchez","Patrick Bumatay"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the Justice Department's request to set aside about 20,000 California mail-in ballots suspected of being cast by noncitizens.","The appeals court panel ruled 2-1 that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the Justice Department's emergency appeal at this stage.","The case has been sent back to the U.S. District Court in California, where a hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.","Judges Mark Bennett and Gabriel Sanchez formed the majority, while Judge Patrick Bumatay dissented."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a request from the Justice Department to set aside approximately 20,000 California mail-in ballots that the department alleges belong to noncitizens. The panel of judges ruled 2-1 that the appeals court does not have jurisdiction to hear the Justice Department's request at this stage of the litigation."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The ruling sends the case back to the U.S. District Court in California, where a hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. Judges Mark Bennett and Gabriel Sanchez joined the majority opinion, while Judge Patrick Bumatay dissented. The Justice Department had appealed to the 9th Circuit after the district court judge did not issue a ruling last week."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on the majority's reasoning"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The majority opinion stated that the appeals court lacked jurisdiction, and that some of the delay in the case was attributable to the United States's own actions. 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