Overview
- The Wisconsin Supreme Court has temporarily suspended Judge Hannah Dugan to maintain public confidence in the judiciary as she faces federal charges.
- Dugan was arrested by the FBI on April 25 for allegedly obstructing ICE agents and helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest in her courtroom on April 18.
- The immigrant, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, had been deported in 2013 and was in court for misdemeanor battery charges when ICE agents sought his arrest.
- Court documents allege Dugan redirected Flores-Ruiz and his attorney through a jury door to avoid ICE agents, who later apprehended him outside the courthouse after a foot chase.
- Dugan, who denies wrongdoing, is scheduled for arraignment on May 15 and could face up to six years in prison if convicted.