Protesters gather at the Bureau of Land Management's base camp, where cattle that were seized from rancher Cliven Bundy are being held, near Bunkerville, Nevada April 12, 2014. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Saturday said it had called off an effort to round up Bundy's herd of cattle that it had said were being illegally grazed in southern Nevada, citing concerns about safety. The conflict between Bundy and U.S. land managers had brought a team of armed federal rangers to Nevada to seize the 1,000 head of cattle. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart   (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS CIVIL UNREST AGRICULTURE CRIME LAW)

Final defendant sentenced in Bundy ranch standoff in Nevada

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former bodyguard for Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy has become the fijnal person sentenced following the collapse of a federal prosecution stemming from an armed standoff with U.S land management agents nearly five years ago.

Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro sentenced Brian Cavalier to the 20 months he already served in custody for the April 2014 confrontation.

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The 47-year-old Cavalier previously pleaded guilty to two conspiracy charges.

He told the judge on Tuesday he wants to put the case behind him.

The Bundy case collapsed a year ago due to prosecutorial misconduct, with charges dismissed and defendants set free.

Cavalier also pleaded guilty in Oregon and was sentenced to time already served for his role in a 41-day armed occupation of a wildlife refuge in 2016.