Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested and prosecuted for assisting an undocumented person who was trying to leave her court room without encountering ICE officials. Judge Dugan led a man through a side door of the court room when she learned that ICE was waiting outside for him. She was arrested on April 18th, 2025 for obstruction of law enforcement. She faced trial and on December 19, 2025, Judge Dugan was found guilty of a felony charge obstruction.
Judge Dugan is currently appealing her conviction based on an argument that the ICE officers in the courthouse had an administrative warrant, not a judicial warrant. Her attorneys have asserted in the appeal that this type of warrant is legally insufficient and there’s a “common law privilege” that would protect people from immigration arrests inside a courthouse.