It's a Hail Mary from failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Perry Johnson, in an effort to get back on the ballot.

Perry Johnson has a filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Detroit asking state officials to immediately cease printing the ballots.

Perry wants the court to lower the threshold for signatures after his petitions were found to be loaded with forged signatures.

The deadline to finalized the ballot was last Friday.

Perry's federal suit comes after he lost his case before the Michigan Supreme Court.