Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing ICE resigns, vows to keep fighting case
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Milwaukee judge Hannah Dugan resigns after federal conviction for obstructing ICE agents attempting to arrest illegal immigrant Eduardo Flores-Ruiz at courthouse in April 2025.
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"As you know, I am the subject of unprecedented federal legal proceedings, which are far from concluded but which present immense and complex challenges that threaten the independence of our judiciary," she wrote. "I am pursuing this fight for myself and for our independent judiciary. However, the Wisconsin citizens that I cherish deserve to start the year with a judge on the bench in Milwaukee County Branch 31 rather than have the fate of that Court rest in a partisan fight in the state legislature."
Dugan's resignation is expected to take effect immediately.
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