On Wednesday, [Clinton appointed] District Judge David Carter granted a motion to dismiss the lawsuit "with prejudice," which means that it can't be submitted to the same court again, according to court papers.

A plaintiff attempted to argue that they suffered "emotional injury" due to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and watched the events unfold on television, on the radio, and in various publications. They then argued that the incident caused them "severe emotional distress" and then filed a lawsuit to keep the former president from California's ballots.

But the judge wrote that because the events occurred "more than two years before the plaintiff" filed suit, it was outside of the two-year statute of limitations.

The decision by Judge Carter, a Clinton-appointed jurist who has ruled against President Trump in a separate case, was posted online by former Republican National Committee for California chairwoman Harmeet Dhillon.

"The remnants of the last California case to keep President Trump off the ballot here were dismissed today by Judge David O. Carter!!" she wrote on X on Wednesday.

In recent days and weeks, there have been a number of lawsuits filed in different states to try and bar President Trump from appearing on the ballot ahead of the 2024 election. Those suits have claimed that the former president engaged in "insurrection or rebellion" against the United States under an interpretation of the Constitution's 14th Amendment's Section 3, which was written in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Civil War.