Eleven months, two stricken maps and over $200,000 in city money later, the Jacksonville redistricting case could be coming to a close.

In another triumph for the civil rights groups suing the city, a federal appeals court rejected Jacksonville’s motion to utilize the district map City Council approved in November for the upcoming March election.

COMMENTARY | U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard on Monday struck down a new map of Jacksonville City Council districts drawn by city officials under a court order, finding the map "embedded rather than remedied" entrenched racial segregation City Hall has perpetuated for decades through the drawing of such districts.

Lawyers arguing new boundaries for Jacksonville’s City Council districts are unconstitutionally gerrymandered asked a federal judge Friday to block use of half of the 14 districts during the spring elections.