SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has rejected an increase in restitution payments by a former county commissioner for an illegal ATV protest ride in a Utah canyon.

The Deseret News reported Monday that the judge blocked the federal government’s attempt to force Phil Lyman to increase his monthly payment from $100 to $500.

U.S. District Judge David Nuffer says the government wrongly assumed Lyman retained his commission seat after his election to the Utah House.

Lyman says he makes $25,000 less annually since he began serving in the Legislature.

A jury found Lyman guilty of misdemeanor illegal use of ATVs and conspiracy for organizing a 2014 protest ride through a canyon closed to vehicles due to the presence of Native American cliff dwellings.

Lyman was challenging federal management of Western public lands.