Two former Cedar Rapids teachers who were wrongfully strip-searched after being arrested on a simple misdemeanor at a 2004 rally for President George W. Bush will soon head back to court and fight a judge’s decision to lower the amount of their financial compensation.

Alice McCabe and Christine Nelson were originally awarded $750,000 by a jury for harm and pain related to a strip search performed by Michelle Mais, a former Linn County jailer. Mais filed a motion with U.S. District Court arguing that the awarded amount was “excessive.” Chief Judge Linda Reade agreed, lowered the award amount to $75,000 and set a new trial, limited to only the award, for Oct. 27.

Although McCabe and Nelson filed to postpone the trial, but Reade refused. The two women will be represented in the upcoming case by Cedar Rapids attorney Dave O’Brien.