Former Judge Hannah Dugan avoids prison, fined $5,000 in ICE obstruction case

By: Isiah Holmes

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: July 8, 2026

Words: 704

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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A federal judge Wednesday fined former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan $5,000 for obstructing an immigration arrest outside her courtroom, declining to sentence her to prison or probation.

The long-awaited decision came seven months after Dugan was convicted in December and over a year after she confronted an undercover arrest team of federal agents waiting outside her courtroom to arrest Eduardo Florez-Ruiz, a Mexican-born man who was appearing in her court in a domestic …

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