According to The Hill, the Justice Department requested on Friday to dismiss its lawsuit against California, a case that sought to require the state's election officials to set aside roughly 20,000 ballots. The Hill reported that those ballots were for voters whom the federal government alleged were "not U.S. citizens."
The Hill's summary dates the request to Friday but does not describe the reasons the department gave for seeking dismissal in the portion available to this desk. The summary also states that the lawsuit's aim was to have California's election officials set the ballots aside, and it does not say how the state responded to the case.
The Hill also reported that the Supreme Court had already ruled against the Trump administration in an emergency order issued ahead of Election Day. According to the summary, that order prevented the administration from taking an action, but the excerpt cuts off before naming it, so the scope of the ruling is not reported here.
The Hill's headline describes the step as a dismissal, while the summary describes it as a request. The summary does not state whether a court has acted on the request, so the report supports only the description of a request, not a completed dismissal.
Ford McCracken is credited as the author of The Hill's report. This account relies on the published summary alone, and the full text was not available to this desk, so it does not include any other details the report may contain.
Sources: The Hill: DOJ dismisses lawsuit over California’s 20,000 disputed ballots.