A Miami federal judge has lifted a stay blocking former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega from being extradited to France.

U.S. District Judge Paul Huck issued the order Wednesday, two days after the U.S. Supreme Court said it would not reconsider Noriega’s request to stop his extradition to France on money laundering charges. French authorities say Noriega, who remains in federal custody in Miami, used drug money to purchase apartments in Paris.