Reserve judge to handle cases of Milwaukee judge arrested by FBI, court says

Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested on Friday by the FBI.

A reserve judge will be appointed to take over the cases of Judge Hannah Dugan, who was arrested by the FBI over allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant, according to a Milwaukee County official.

The county’s chief judge, Carl Ashley, said late Sunday that a reserve judge would take over Dugan’s calendar on Monday morning. The reserve judge was not named in the statement released to media.

Dugan, a judge on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, was arrested on Friday over allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant “evade arrest” the week prior, FBI Director Kash Patel said.

A view shows a sign with the name of Wisconsin county judge Hannah Dugan inside Milwaukee County Courthouse, after Dugan was arrested by U.S. officials, charging her with helping a man in her court evade immigration authorities in an escalating dispute between President Donald Trump’s administration and local officials over immigration enforcement, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., April 25, 2025.

Patel said on social media that the FBI believes “Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse.”

U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement that two FBI agents arrested Dugan “for allegedly helping an illegal alien avoid arrest” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“No one is above the law,” Bondi said on Friday.

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