In Los Angeles, the head of a prominent labor union in Southern California will see his felony charge for obstructing a federal officer downgraded to a misdemeanor, according to court documents.

David Huerta, who initially faced a class A felony charge for obstruction, resistance, or opposition to a federal officer, received this update following a court filing by Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli on Friday.

In a subsequent motion on Saturday, prosecutors requested the dismissal without prejudice of the felony conspiracy charge that aimed to impede a federal officer.

Huerta, serving as the president of the Service Employees International Union California, was taken into custody on June 6 during a protest outside a Los Angeles business targeted by federal agents for alleged immigration violations.

The scene turned tense as protesters shouted at officers, and Huerta notably positioned himself in front of a vehicular gate. He urged demonstrators to walk in circles to block law enforcement’s access, according to a report by a special agent from Homeland Security Investigations, a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

An officer told Huerta to leave, then put his hands on Huerta to move him out of the way of a vehicle, the agent wrote. Huerta pushed back, and the officer pushed Huerta to the ground and arrested him, according to the filing.

Huerta later was released from federal custody on a $50,000 bond.

Huerta’s union represents hundreds of thousands of janitors, security officers and other workers across California. His arrest became a rallying cry for immigrant advocates across the country as they called for his release and an end to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Abbe David Lowell and Marilyn Bednarski, Huerta’s attorneys, said in a statement that they will seek “the speediest trial” to vindicate him.

“In the four months that have passed since David’s arrest. it has become even clearer there were no grounds for charging him and certainly none for the way he was treated,” they wrote. “This case is not a good-faith pursuit of justice but a bald act of retaliation, designed to silence dissent and punish opposition. It reflects the Trump Administration’s continued weaponization of prosecutorial power against its perceived opponents.”