San Antonio judges have a clear message to parties involved in the ongoing redistricting battle: there will be a primary in April. A court order, released Friday, can be found on redistricting expert Michael Li's blog.

The judges urge all parties to keep negotiating, or restart negotiations, in order to make an April primary possible, and to do so before oral arguments this coming Tuesday. In those talks they tell everyone to remember "the dictates of the Supreme Court," meaning flexible review standards, but also restrictions on the creation of new districts.

Here is a copy of the order.