​LAWRENCE — Melvin Council Jr. has decided to voluntarily dismiss, without prejudice, his case in Douglas County district court that saw him attempting to receive another year of eligibility to play college basketball.Recent court records outline this move, with each party being responsible for its own costs and fees. Council was the plaintiff, while the NCAA was a defendant alongside Josh Whitman and KU. Whitman is included in his capacity as the chair of the NCAA’s Division I cabinet, and KU as a member of the NCAA.RELATED: What will Kansas football’s stadium capacity be during 2026 season?Council spent the 2025-26 season as a senior with the Kansas Jayhawks basketball program, and was a key member of a team that reached the semifinals of the Big 12 Conference tournament and round of 32 of the NCAA tournament. He was named the Big 12’s newcomer of the year as he averaged 12.7 points, 5.1 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game across 35 starts. He became a fan favorite, and there was a previously scheduled hearing for the motion on the temporary injunction set in the days ahead for Friday, Sept. 4.Council, though, according to multiplereports, is going to refile his attempt for another year of eligibility in the state of New York, where Council is from. After the initial petition and application for temporary injunction filed in Douglas County in July, there had been other developments that had taken place. Among them, both in August, were the defendants’ response to the attempt at a temporary injunction and an amended petition filed by the plaintiff.Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He was the 2022 National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Inside latest development in Melvin Council Jr.’s case against NCAA