Wisconsin Judge Pleads Not Guilty to Helping Illegal Immigrant Man Evade Agents

Judge Hannah Dugan’s attorneys also submitted a motion to dismiss the case after her arrest in April.

Judge Hannah Dugan in Milwaukee, Wis., in 2016. Lee Matz/Milwaukee Independent via AP

A Wisconsin judge on May 15 pleaded not guilty to federal charges that she helped an illegal immigrant evade agents at her courthouse in April.

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan entered her not guilty plea during her arraignment hearing in a federal courthouse in Milwaukee, according to reporters in the courtroom. It came about a day after her attorneys moved to submit court papers to dismiss the case.