Less than two years after U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland came to Jacksonville to announce a settlement with Ameris Bank over redlining allegations, a federal judge quietly terminated the consent order in the case.

Atlanta-based Ameris Bancorp disclosed the termination in its quarterly report filed Aug. 8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard approved the termination May 20 after the U.S. Justice Department filed a motion to end it, but the dismissal was not previously announced.

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“In support of this motion, the United States advises the Court that Ameris Bank has demonstrated a commitment to remediation,” the Justice Department said in its motion to dismiss filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florid

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