A federal court judge has denied a petition filed by a former Bluevine bank to forgive a $1.4 million personal loan taken out by a convicted drug dealer.

A judge in Alabama dismissed the petition filed last year by former Blueville Bank of Alabama president John D. Dibb, who was arrested in 2008 and pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession of marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The judge also denied a motion to dismiss.

Bluevine Bank of Montgomery filed the petition last year to get forgiveness from the federal government after it lost $1 million on a personal loan.

DIBb had pleaded guilty last year and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The former bank president, who is serving a 35-year sentence for drug charges, took out a personal $4,000 loan from the bank, and was indicted in 2016.

The bank filed a motion in January seeking a full forgiveness of the loan, but the federal court in Montgomery denied the request.

The judge said the loan was not a “personal loan” and did not qualify as a “federal personal loan.”

He did not provide an explanation for the denial.