Former Milwaukee judge to be sentenced in June in illegal immigrant escape case

Published April 9, 2026 6:17pm ET



Former Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan will be sentenced in June after being found guilty of obstruction for helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest, a federal judge said Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, ordered Dugan to be sentenced on June 3 in a federal courthouse in Milwaukee. Dugan was found guilty of one obstruction charge by a jury in federal court in December for helping an illegal immigrant who was before her court escape out a back door once she realized federal immigration officers were there to arrest him.

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