Instead of filing a lawsuit, former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is dropping one.

Moore's attorney filed a motion on Friday morning seeking to dismiss a lawsuit brought in July by the former U.S. Senate candidate against several people and political action committees related to the final weeks of the Senate campaign.

That's when Moore was fighting accusations of making unwanted sexual or romantic overtures from women when they were in their teens and he was in his 30s.

Moore has repeatedly denied the accusations in public statements and court filings.

Moore is involved in four other lawsuits connected to the Senate campaign - three of which he has filed himself.

The motion to dismiss provides no insight into why Moore and his wife, Kayla, are asking the judge to drop the case.

The Moores "hereby voluntarily dismiss this action against all defendants without prejudice," the motion said.

Moore attorney Melissa Isaak did not immediately respond to a phone message and email from AL.com seeking comment on the case.

The defendants named in the lawsuit included four men who worked with Longleaf Strategies of Montgomery, Highway 31 Super Pac and Bully Pulpit Interactive, Waterfront Strategies and Priorities USA, Washington, D.C.-based entities the suit says worked with Highway 31. Those entities were also named as defendants.

Those men are Adam Muhlendorf, Edward Still, Jim Margolis and Josh Schewrin.

Moore's motion to dismiss includes all defendants.

The fact that the motion to dismiss asked for the case to be dropped "without prejudice" means that Moore could re-file it. Had the case been dropped "with prejudice," there would be no opportunity to bring it back at a later date.

The lawsuit said the defendants ran or contributed to misleading and defamatory commercials related to allegations of sexual misconduct against Moore going back almost 40 years. The suit lays out what it says were television, radio, digital and mail ads which made allegations the Moores say led to his defeat in the special Senate election last Dec. 12.

As of Friday afternoon, presiding Judge Albert L. Johnson had not issued a ruling on the motion.

AL.com reporter William Thornton contributed to this report.