The federal obstruction case against Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan, once on a fast track to go before a jury this summer, has slowed markedly.

A U.S. magistrate judge recommended that Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan's bid to dismiss the federal charges against her be denied.

A federal magistrate judge recommended Monday that the case proceed against a Wisconsin judge who was indicted on allegations that she helped a man who is in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration agents seeking to arrest him in her courthouse.