SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — A King County judge will allow Tim Eyman to join the lawsuit over his $30 car-tab initiative, but won’t force the state to hire outside lawyers.

The Seattle Times reports Judge Marshall Ferguson issued several written rulings Friday allowing new parties, including Eyman, to join the case.

He rejected a request for outside counsel which Eyman claimed would act as adult supervision over the state Attorney General’s Office.