Wisconsin State Politics

Judge Dugan resigned after a federal 12‑person jury on Dec. 18 convicted her of felony obstruction for directing defendant Eduardo Flores‑Ruiz and his attorney to exit through a back door of her courtroom on April 18, 2025, after learning ICE agents were present; she was acquitted on a lesser misdemeanor charge. She faces up to five years in prison, has moved for a new trial and has not been sentenced, had been suspended in April while continuing to receive her roughly $175,000 salary, and GOP leaders threatened impeachment if she did not step down — a move she framed in her resignation letter as defending judicial independence and said she will keep fighting the case.