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.
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.