Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan is claiming “judicial immunity” after officials accused her of helping an illegal alien evade immigration enforcement.
A federal grand jury indicted Dugan earlier this week on charges of concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings. Dugan allegedly attempted to aid Mexican national Eduardo Flores-Ruiz escape Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials who waited outside Dugan’s courtroom last month.
“The problems with this prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts. Immunity is not a defense to the prosecution to be determined later by a jury or court; it is an absolute bar to the prosecution at the outset,” a Wednesday filing from Dugan’s attorneys says, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
