The prosecution against Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant evade law enforcement will proceed, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Judge Lynn Adelman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin adopted a recommendation from U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Joseph that Dugan’s motion to dismiss the charges should be denied. Adelman rejected Dugan’s claims of judicial immunity from the obstruction charges filed by the DOJ earlier this year.