Federal prosecutors ask to dismiss charge against Minnesota woman accused of assaulting agents

Sarah Nelson, The Minnesota Star Tribune on May 14, 2026

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MINNEAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors have asked to dismiss the criminal case against a woman accused of assaulting federal law enforcement officers in January during Operation Metro Surge.

In a brief motion, special assistant U.S. attorney Robert Tucker asked the court on Thursday to dismiss the case against Nasra Ahmed. The motion did not detail any reason behind the decision, but prosecutors in other court records refer to the request being made “in the interest of justice.”

Jordan Kushner, Ahmed’s attorney, said the dismissal appeared to be the result of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s inability to “timely comply” with their discovery obligations and lambasted the case in an emailed statement to the Minnesota Star Tribune.

“The incident is among countless violations of human rights committed by the Trump regime’s paramilitary thugs,” Kushner wrote. “The prosecution exacerbates the injustice.”

A judge had not yet made a decision on the dismissal against Ahmed by Thursday afternoon.

Ahmed was among more than a dozen people charged with assaults on agents during the height of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota. Before the charges were unsealed in court, then-U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi posted names and photos of the group on social media, referring to them “rioters” and accused them of “allegedly assaulting federal law enforcement.”

Kushner said ICE agents racially profiled Ahmed when she was stopped, and he accused them of calling her a racial slur. After her arrest, Ahmed spoke about her experience during a news conference, saying she was detained for two days and suffered body aches and a concussion as a result.

Charges against several Minnesotans accused of assaulting federal agents during the surge operation have been dismissed. At least six people saw their cases dismissed in January and February, including a woman whom Bondi depicted in a social media post among other shackled anti-ICE protesters.

In March, a judge dismissed the federal case against Elizabeth Rose, 42, after prosecutors asked with little explanation to throw out the case without prejudice. Rose was facing a similar charge that she forcibly assaulted, resisted, opposed, impeded, intimidated and interfered with officers in January.