DENVER (AP) — A Colorado sheriff’s deputy who was disciplined for helping federal immigration agents make an arrest of a college student from Brazil has resigned.

Alexander Zwinck no longer works for the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, department spokesperson Heather Benjamin said Tuesday. Zwinck’s departure prompted the state’s attorney general to drop a lawsuit against him over accusations that the deputy illegally shared information with immigration agents.

After Zwinck said in court filings that he planned to resign, a judge agreed to dismiss Attorney General Phil Weiser’s lawsuit against Zwinck on Thursday at the request of both Weiser and Zwinck.

Weiser sued to get a judge to order Zwinck to follow a new state law after he was accused of helping immigration agents arrest the student

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