Overview

• U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman denied Hannah Dugan’s motion to dismiss, adopting a July recommendation from Magistrate Judge Nancy Joseph.
• The case now moves to a Sept. 3 scheduling session, and Dugan can seek review at the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Dugan is charged with concealing a person from arrest and obstruction, carrying potential penalties of up to six years in prison and $350,000 in fines if convicted.
• Prosecutors allege she misdirected ICE agents and allowed Eduardo Flores-Ruiz to exit through a nonpublic door; police bodycam later captured her denying wrongdoing and saying she did not know his status.
• Flores-Ruiz was arrested outside the courthouse and pleaded guilty in June to illegal reentry with agreement to deportation, while Dugan has pleaded not guilty and is suspended from the bench.