After winning a court order essentially forbidding federal immigration agents from responding with force against so-called “protestors” interfering with ICE operations and threatening federal agents in Illinois, attorneys representing journalists and anti-ICE activists have now decided to pull the plug on their lawsuit, rather than defend the order in the face of a potential loss on appeal.

On Dec. 2, the plaintiffs in the legal action filed a motion asking U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis to dismiss their lawsuit. If granted, the dismissal would be with prejudice, meaning that the group of plaintiffs would be bound against reintroducing the same case later.