Former Oregon tight end Colt Lyerla’s request to move to Las Vegas was denied by Lane County Circuit Court judge Jay McAlpin Tuesday morning. Lyerla, who’s facing one felony count of cocaine possession, hoped to live and train in Las Vegas with Dwight Ross of Performance Athletics in preparation for February’s NFL scouting combine and May’s draft.

Lyerla, 21, signed a standard jail release agreement after he was arrested on Oct. 23 for interfering with a police officer and cocaine possession. The agreement did not permit him to leave the state of Oregon while his trial was going through the court system, so the only way for Lyerla to leave Oregon was for a judge to grant him permission. McAlpin wasn’t so generous, saying that he couldn’t treat Lyerla any different than other defendants in similar cases.

“In this case Mr. Lyerla has had an original arraignment, three drug court appearances — and two status conference checks — one resulting in a settlement conference,” McAlpin said, according to the Oregonian. “That’s more than twice what a normal case has going through this process.”

McAlpin also said that Lane County is quick and efficient in resolving criminal cases, so he felt it was unnecessary to grant Lyerla a permanent move.

Lyerla chose not to enter a drug treatment program with the Lane County Drug Court after a Nov. 13 hearing. The former Duck will likely go to trial unless he and the prosecutors can agree on a deal to resolve the case.

UPDATE:

Lyerla’s attorney met with McAlpin and prosecutor Amy Seely met at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon to discuss a possible settlement, but no agreement was reached. Both sides will continue settlement talks on Dec. 27 at 9:30 a.m.

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