Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Spared Prison for Obstructing ICE Arrest

A federal judge fined former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan $5,000 but imposed no prison time for ushering a Mexican defendant, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, out of her courtroom through a jury door to evade waiting ICE agents in April 2025. Dugan, 67, was convicted of felony obstruction in December; the sentencing judge called her “an otherwise good person” who “made a bad decision in the moment.”