Hannah Dugan resigns following felony obstruction conviction

Former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan resigns.  The 66-year-old Dugan resigned Saturday, effective immediately, following her federal felony conviction last month for obstructing law enforcement at the courthouse last April. Dugan submitted her resignation letter to Governor Tony Evers, ending nine years on the bench in Milwaukee County. Dugan is appealing her conviction, but her resignation heads off a potential impeachment effort by Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly. In her letter to Evers, Dugan wrote: “The Wisconsin citizens that I cherish deserve to start the year with a judge on the bench in Milwaukee County Branch 31 rather than have the fate of that court rest in a partisan fight in the state legislature.” Evers’ spokesperson, Britt Cudaback said the governor acknowledged receiving the letter and won’t delay filling the vacant seat.