Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

The case against #Milwaukee County #Judge#HannahDugan will move forward following a federal court ruling.

Dugan faces #criminal charges after prosecutors said she helped a man evade #immigration agents by leading him through a side door of her courtroom in April.

In May, a grand jury determined there was enough evidence to indict her on charges of obstructing or impeding a proceeding & concealing an individual to prevent his discovery & arrest.

#Trump #law #judiciary
https://www.wpr.org/news/criminal-case-milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-immigration
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman rejected a motion from Dugan’s attorneys to dismiss the case. In doing so, he accepted a recommendation from a magistrate judge, who opined that questions in the case remained unresolved and should be decided at trial.

Adelman’s decision to deny the dismissal could be appealed.

#Trump #law #judiciary #immigration#Wisconsin
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

Dugan’s attorneys have accused #federal prosecutors of overstepping their #constitutional #authority by interfering with a #state level #judge.

They also argued that the concept of #JudicialImmunity protects #judges from undertaking official acts related to their judicial office. That includes a judge’s ability to run her own courtroom, they argued.

#Trump #law #judiciary #immigration#Wisconsin