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Former Judge Convicted in Immigration Obstruction Case
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A federal judge upheld the conviction of former Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan for obstructing immigration officers who were attempting to detain Eduardo Flores-Ruiz in April 2025. Dugan, who resigned after the guilty verdict, argued that since there was no active court proceeding—only an arrest warrant—the precedent against obstruction should apply. But the judge rejected that argument, noting ICE’s independent authority to execute removals and calling the operation a planned, not random, enforcement action. Dugan, 67, faces up to five years in prison but is unlikely to serve time given her clean record and nonviolent offense. Her case, the first of its kind involving a state judge facing obstruction charges for immigration agents, unfolded amid heightened enforcement and tested legal boundaries around what constitutes a “pending proceeding.” Flores-Ruiz was later deported.
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