Federal prosecutors have requested a judge dismiss charges against two former Louisville police officers accused of falsifying the warrant that led to the raid where Breonna Taylor was killed in March 2020.

Prosecutors filed a motion Friday asking to dismiss charges against former Detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sergeant Kyle Meany, stating their review showed the cases should be "dismissed in the interest of justice." The two officers were facing civil rights charges in connection with Taylor's death.

Taylor, a Black woman, was shot and killed by police when officers broke down the door of her apartment while serving a no-knock drug warrant. The warrant was seeking a former boyfriend who no longer lived at the residence. Taylor's current boyfriend fired at the officers during the raid, and Taylor was killed when police returned fire.

Judges have twice reduced felony charges against each officer to misdemeanors, ruling there was not a direct link between the allegedly false information in the warrant and Taylor's death. Following the second judicial ruling, prosecutors decided to drop the cases entirely.

The charges against the officers were originally pursued under former President Joe Biden's administration. Under President Donald Trump's Department of Justice, prosecutors have also requested that the only officer currently serving prison time related to Taylor's killing be released while he appeals his conviction.

Lawyers for Jaynes and Meany did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding the dismissal motion.