The judge of Wisconsin accused of obstructing immigration agents seeks a dismissal of the case

Lawyers before Judge Hannah C. Dugan, a constitutional judge in Wisconsin who has been accused of having hindered immigration agents, searched on Wednesday to reject the federal charges against her.

A court who was submitted by her defense lawyers, who came one day after Judge Dugan came, was sued by a federal large jury in Milwaukee, claimed that the judge Dugan cannot prosecute because she is entitled to judicial immunity for its official deeds. ” “Since at least the early 17th century in England, and continued by the common law in the United States, judges of Record are entitled to absolute immunity for official acts here that do not apply here,” said archiving, adding that the efforts to prosecute the judge were “virtually unprecedented and completely unprecedented.”

Officials of the Ministry of Justice have defended their prosecution of judge Dugan. They say that the judge has directed an immigrant without papers who appeared in her courtroom last month to an exit that was detached from a corridor where immigration officers waited to arrest him. The Ministry of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comments on Wednesday.

“It doesn’t matter which work you are, if you break the law, we will follow the facts and we will prosecute you,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi about the case.

The immigrant, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, was arrested outside the courthouse after a foot hunt. Mr. Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican immigrant, was illegal in the United States, said the federal authorities. He had appeared in the courtroom of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee County Circuit Court in connection with a case of domestic violence.

FBI agents arrested Judge Dugan a few days later and she was charged on Tuesday for accusing the hiding of a person against arrest and hindrance the procedure. She is planned to appear on Thursday in the federal court in Milwaukee. She was temporarily removed from the Wisconsin Supreme Court, while the federal case is going against her.

The case soon became synonymous with the broader immigration content of the Trump remuneration and their warnings to local officials that they should not hinder deportation efforts. The Trump government has described the persecution as a warning that no one is above the law, while many Democrats, lawyers and former judges have denounced it as an attack on the judiciary.

The motion of judge Dugan to reject the case argued that “this is not an ordinary criminal case and Dugan is not a ordinary criminal suspect.”

The lawyers of judge Dugan wrote that the prosecution by the judge “the tenth amendment and the fundamental principles of federalism and comity are reflected, reflected in that amendment and in the structure of the Constitution of the United States.”

Earlier this month, more than 150 former state and federal judges signed one letter To Mrs Bondi who calls the arrest of judge Dugan an attempt to intimidate the judiciary.

“This cynical effort undermines the rule of law,” said that letter, “and destroys the confidence that the American people have in the judges of the nation to manage justice in the courts and in the halls of justice throughout the country.”

Dan Simmons And Devlin Barrett contributed reporting.