Former Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was denied her last-ditch effort to toss her conviction on obstruction charges for helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, denied Dugan’s motion, finding that she was unable to “satisfy the burden required for reconsideration” of a jury’s December decision convicting her of obstruction. Dugan was convicted by a federal jury for obstructing a pending proceeding when she helped Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an illegal immigrant who appeared in April 2025 before her court, and his lawyer exit her courtroom via a side door after federal immigration officers appeared at the courthouse to arrest him.