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Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan<\/a> was ordered Wednesday to pay a $5,000 fine for obstructing the arrest of an illegal immigrant at a courthouse, but she will not serve any prison time.<\/p>\n

Dugan, 67, was convicted of felony obstruction last year after federal agents attempted to serve a warrant to Eduardo Flores-Ruiz on April 18, 2025. She was acquitted of concealing an individual to prevent arrest, a misdemeanor<\/a>. She faced up to five years in prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prosecutors had asked that Dugan be sentenced to between 15 and 21 months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

DEM JUDGE IN HOT SEAT AFTER DHS EXPOSES ‘WHOLE NEW LEVEL’ OF ACTIVISM, SHELTERING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Dugan addressed the case against her on Wednesday just before U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman imposed her sentence, defending her actions and announcing she intends to “return to public service.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“My acts that day were consistent with community concerns at the courthouse,” Dugan said. “My judicial acts were not done with any malicious intent or to advance any personal interests.”<\/p>\n

“Since the government\u2019s arrest of me, I was forced to retire\u2026 In January, I resigned from my office, so the constituents would have a judge in my branch to begin the year,” she added. “I have been cast as a scaffold and as a hero. I am neither. I am a public servant who was just trying to do my job. Your honor, I will not let those minutes on April 18, 2025 define my life\u2019s work. It is my intent to return to public service.”<\/p>\n

In January, Dugan resigned from the Milwaukee County circuit judgeship amid threats of impeachment from Republican state lawmakers, who labeled her an activist judge.<\/p>\n

Before her sentencing, several people testified on her behalf.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Hannah models what it means to be Christian,” said Rev. Gregory J. O’Meara, a Jesuit priest, lawyer and law professor who met Dugan at the University of Wisconsin’s law school. “We\u2019ve made arrangements to hold service for her privately because she\u2019s been hassled. I do not think there is a need for further punishment, deterrence, retribution or reform.”<\/p>\n

Janine Geske, a law professor at Marquette University, said Dugan’s life wasn’t “completely defined by her work.”<\/p>\n

“She has been punished by being handcuffed\u2026 by being in the media\u2026 all she loves to do is share with others,” Geske said. “She has lost her profession and her income and she\u2019s here humbly to ask you to give her the opportunity to return to the community.”<\/p>\n

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On the day of the incident, ICE agents appeared at the Milwaukee County courthouse after learning Flores-Ruiz, 31, had re-entered the United States illegally and was scheduled to appear before Dugan for a hearing in a state battery case.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Upon learning ICE agents were in the building, Dugan confronted them outside her courtroom, arguing their administrative warrant was insufficient to arrest Flores-Ruiz. She told the agents to go to the chief judge’s office down the hall and then directed Flores-Ruiz and his attorney to leave her courtroom through a back door, federal prosecutors said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Flores-Ruiz was spotted moments later by the agents, who followed him outside and arrested him after a brief foot chase.<\/p>\n

Dugan’s lawyers argued that she was shielded from prosecution because of her position as a judge. However, Adelman rejected the argument.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“What judges around the country are looking at this case and saying, \u2018Yes, Sign me up?\u2019 There won\u2019t be a crime wave of judges defying ICE. No judges have acted similarly,” Dugan’s defense attorney Steve Biskupic said Wednesday in court.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Dugan violated her oath as a judge, putting the lives of law enforcement officers and the public at risk, while Republican lawmakers cast her as an activist judge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dugan was arrested by the FBI weeks after the confrontation with ICE and led outside in handcuffs. Flores-Ruiz has since been deported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/former-wisconsin-judge-hannah-dugan-avoids-jail-time-obstructing-arrest-illegal-immigrant <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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