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Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Fined $5,000 With No Prison Time for Obstruction
Hannah Dugan received a $5,000 fine on July 8, 2026, with no prison time or probation after her December 2025 conviction for felony obstruction of justice. The sentence followed her direction of a defendant out a non-public exit while ICE agents waited outside the Milwaukee courtroom.
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Former Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan was sentenced on July 8, 2026, to a $5,000 fine with no prison time or probation. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman imposed the sentence after a jury convicted Dugan in December 2025 of felony obstruction of justice.
Adelman stated he did not believe prison or probation was necessary and cited Dugan's otherwise law-abiding life. The conviction stemmed from an incident in which Dugan directed Eduardo Flores-Ruiz out a non-public exit of her Milwaukee courtroom while ICE agents waited outside. Flores-Ruiz is a Mexican national.
The maximum possible sentence for the obstruction conviction was five years in prison. Washington Times reported that Dugan was arrested in April 2025. The same outlet stated that the events occurred during the early months of the Trump administration's enforcement actions on illegal immigration.
Eduardo Flores-Ruiz is an illegal immigrant who was accused of punching someone 30 times, according to Milwaukee PD.
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