A federal judge refused to overturn the obstruction of justice conviction of former Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan Tuesday after she was found guilty of assisting a man in evading immigration officers during a courtroom appearance.
The case against Dugan, who subsequently resigned from the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, emerged as a significant early test of how the judiciary would respond to President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration enforcement measures.
Trump allies branded Dugan as an “activist judge,” while her supporters maintained she was “unfairly targeted.” U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman had previously postponed Dugan’s sentencing, scheduled for June 3, to consider arguments for overturning her conviction. But Judge Adelman, in his Tuesday ruling, affirmed the conviction would stand, without immediately setting a new sentencing date.
Dugan’s legal defense team responded, stating: “The court’s decision is wrong.”
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Dugan’s attorney had argued that her conviction in helping Eduardo Flores-Ruiz leave the courthouse was invalid and should be overturned. He said that was necessary because a federal appeals court in April overturned a key Virginia immigration case that the judge and prosecutors had cited in Dugan’s case.
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Dugan, 67, faces up to five years in prison after a jury convicted her on Dec. 19, but she is unlikely to be sentenced to time behind bars. Federal sentencing guidelines generally call for probation for defendants like her, who have no criminal history and are convicted of a nonviolent crime.
Dugan resigned from her position as a Milwaukee County circuit judge two weeks after her conviction amid threats of impeachment from Republican state lawmakers. She had been a judge for nine years.
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