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She helped an illegal immigrant sneak out of a courthouse where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were waiting to carry out an arrest. Despite being convicted, the former Wisconsin judge was just spared from serving time in prison.<\/p>\n

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At a sentencing hearing Wednesday, former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan received no prison time and was instead ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman noted Dugan\u2019s long history of public service in deciding to \u200bspare Dugan from prison, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe punishment should fit the offender, and not merely the crime,\u201d Adelman \u2060said, adding that Dugan \u201cmade a bad decision in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lenient punishment stems from an incident where ICE agents showed up to Dugan\u2019s courthouse in April 2025 to arrest a previously deported illegal immigrant with a rap sheet.<\/p>\n

Dugan directed the officers to the chief judge\u2019s chambers before returning to her courtroom and instructing Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, who was charged in Milwaukee with three counts of battery, domestic abuse, and infliction of physical pain or injury, to exit through the \u201cjury door\u201d into a nonpublic area of the courthouse.<\/p>\n

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The ICE team later located Flores-Ruiz outside the building and arrested him following a foot chase.<\/p>\n

When Dugan learned of the agents\u2019 presence, she grew \u201cvisibly angry,\u201d calling the situation \u201cabsurd,\u201d according to investigators.<\/p>\n

A jury found Dugan guilty of felony obstruction in December, but cleared her of\u00a0a lesser charge of concealing a person from arrest.<\/p>\n

Federal guidelines recommended between 15 and 21 months in prison in Dugan\u2019s case, prosecutors argued.<\/p>\n

\u201cRather than uphold the rule of law, the defendant used the power and prestige of judicial office to obstruct federal agents carrying out their lawful duties in order to \u200bhelp an individual evade arrest,\u201d \u200bprosecutors wrote in a sentencing \u2060memorandum, adding that she should receive a sentence that reflects the\u00a0\u201cserious nature of her conduct and its broader impact on the justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She helped an illegal immigrant sneak out of a courthouse where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were waiting to carry out an arrest. Despite being convicted, the former Wisconsin judge was just spared from serving time in prison.At a sentencing hearing Wednesday, former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan received no prison time and was instead ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, according to Reuters.U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman noted Dugan\u2019s long history of public service in deciding to \u200bspare Dugan from prison, the outlet reported.\u201cThe punishment should fit the offender, and not merely the crime,\u201d Adelman \u2060said, adding that Dugan \u201cmade a bad decision in the moment.\u201dThe lenient punishment stems from an incident where ICE agents showed up to Dugan\u2019s courthouse in April 2025 to arrest a previously deported illegal immigrant with a rap sheet.Dugan directed the officers to the chief judge\u2019s chambers before returning to her courtroom and instructing Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, who was charged in Milwaukee with three counts of battery, domestic abuse, and infliction of physical pain or injury, to exit through the \u201cjury door\u201d into a nonpublic area of the courthouse.The ICE team later located Flores-Ruiz outside the building and arrested him following a foot chase.When Dugan learned of the agents\u2019 presence, she grew \u201cvisibly angry,\u201d calling the situation \u201cabsurd,\u201d according to investigators.A jury found Dugan guilty of felony obstruction in December, but cleared her of\u00a0a lesser charge of concealing a person from arrest.Federal guidelines recommended between 15 and 21 months in prison in Dugan\u2019s case, prosecutors argued.\u201cRather than uphold the rule of law, the defendant used the power and prestige of judicial office to obstruct federal agents carrying out their lawful duties in order to \u200bhelp an individual evade arrest,\u201d \u200bprosecutors wrote in a sentencing \u2060memorandum, adding that she should receive a sentence that reflects the\u00a0\u201cserious nature of her conduct and its broader impact on the justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nJudge Who Helped Illegal Evade ICE Gets No Prison Time - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1055\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Judge Who Helped Illegal Evade ICE Gets No Prison Time - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"She helped an illegal immigrant sneak out of a courthouse where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were waiting to carry out an arrest. 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