Lynn Adelman Hears June 3 Motion in Hannah Dugan Case
hannah dugan was back in federal court on June 3, when U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman heard oral arguments on a defense motion asking him to reconsider an order that had denied dismissal of her case. Her sentencing, which had been scheduled for the same day, was adjourned after the court agreed to hear the argument.
Adelman’s April ruling
Adelman denied Dugan’s request for a new trial and an acquittal in April. Days before the June 3 sentencing date, he signed an order setting oral arguments on the defense motion to reconsider the earlier decision on dismissal.
The hearing kept the case active while the court revisits whether the prosecution should continue. For Dugan, that means the sentencing schedule already in place did not go forward as planned.
What the indictment said
The case began with a two-count indictment accusing the former Milwaukee County judge of obstructing federal agents and helping an undocumented man evade those agents. Prosecutors said Dugan told the agents to go to the chief judge’s office down the hall and directed the man and his attorney to leave her courtroom through a back door.
In December, a jury found Dugan guilty of felony obstruction and not guilty of the misdemeanor charge tied to helping the undocumented man evade the agents. She resigned as judge in early January.
Flores-Ruiz’s case
The man at the center of the case was Eduardo Flores-Ruiz. He was ultimately arrested outside the courthouse, later pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the U.S., and was deported in November.
That sequence leaves the June 3 hearing as the latest step in a case that has already produced a conviction, an acquittal on one count, and a delayed sentence. The immediate next issue is whether Adelman will revisit the dismissal ruling that Dugan’s lawyers are challenging.
