Ex-Wisconsin Judge to Be Sentenced for Obstructing Immigration Arrest

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The case of Hannah Dugan, 67, formerly an elected judge on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, drew significant attention as President Donald Trump’s administration sought to deter interference with its hardline immigration agenda.

Dugan ​was convicted of obstructing a federal proceeding and cleared of a lesser charge of concealing a ​person from arrest following a federal trial in December that highlighted tensions over the Trump administration’s ⁠use of courthouses to stage immigration arrests.

Prosecutors accused Dugan of directing a migrant from Mexico, scheduled ​to appear in her courtroom on misdemeanor assault charges, out of a non-public “jury door” in hopes of ​helping the man avoid federal agents who were positioned in a hallway outside her courtroom.

The migrant, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, walked through a public hallway with his attorney and was arrested outside the courthouse following a brief foot chase.

U.S. District ​Judge Lynn Adelman is set to sentence Dugan at an 11:15 a.m. CST (1715 GMT) hearing in Milwaukee ​federal court.

Federal prosecutors did not make a specific sentencing recommendation but argued that federal guidelines called for between 15 ‌and ⁠21 months in prison.

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