Overview

• Dugan declined to appeal the federal ruling at this time, clearing the way for trial scheduling.
• U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman set the trial for Dec. 15 in Milwaukee, with jury selection on Dec. 11 and 12.
• The indictment charges concealment to prevent arrest and felony obstruction; Dugan has pleaded not guilty and faces up to six years in prison and $350,000 in fines if convicted.
• Prosecutors say she allowed Eduardo Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer to exit through a nonpublic door as ICE sought to arrest him, and agents later detained him outside after a brief chase.
• The prosecution has drawn national attention as part of the Trump administration’s push to enforce immigration arrests in state courthouses, which critics say could chill judicial independence.