LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has grant the request of the city of Lincoln, the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission and their leaders to be dismissed from a lawsuit brought by the owner of an adult website after his application for a liquor license was denied.

The judge has allowed the lawsuit to go forward against former Lincoln Police Chief Tom Casady, current Chief Jim Peschong and police investigator Russell Fosler.

Shane Harrington’s lawsuit says he was wrongfully denied a license that would have allowed him to open Club Smooth, a nightclub planned for downtown Lincoln.

Harrington says he was harassed by local officials in Lincoln, and his license application was unrelated to his website.