Federal judge denies motion to throw out conviction for former Judge Hannah Dugan

MILWAUKEE — A federal judge on Tuesday denied a motion from former Judge Hannah Dugan to throw out her conviction.

Attorneys for the former Milwaukee judge, who was convicted of helping an immigrant evade federal agents, had filed a motion to reconsider the case in April.

Dugan’s attorney, Steven Biskupic, argued that her conviction was invalid and should be overturned. He said that was necessary because a federal appeals court in April overturned a key Virginia immigration case that the judge and prosecutors had cited in the Dugan case.

Biskupic argued that based on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturning that ruling, Dugan was improperly convicted, procedurally, under a certain federal law.

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