Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser last week dropped his lawsuit against a Mesa County sheriff’s deputy whose decision to share information with federal immigration officials led to the June arrest of a 19-year-old college student from Utah.

Mesa County Sheriff’s Deputy Alexander Zwinck is resigning effective Tuesday. Because of his decision, Weiser, a Democrat, can no longer sue him under a Colorado law prohibiting state and local law enforcement from asking people about their immigration status. State law also prohibits officers from aiding in federal immigration enforcement outside of their criminal enforcement duties.

The lawsuit was dismissed by a judge Thursday.

Caroline Dias Goncalves, a University of Utah student studying nursing, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Custom

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