(MILWAUKEE) CBS 58 - In a letter from today, Saturday Jan. 3, Hannah Dugan submitted her resignation from the bench to Governor Tony Evers.

The letter begins with Dugan briefly encapsulating her time as a judge in Wisconsin and in Milwaukee County and servant to the community. 

She then goes on to say: 

"I am the subject of unprecedented federal legal proceedings, which are far from concluded but which present immense and complex challenges that threaten the independence of our judiciary. I am pursuing this fight for myself and for our independent judiciary. However, 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."

Dugan finishes the letter by "respectfully" submitting her resignation to Governor Evers "with a heavy heart."

At last update, Dugan and her defense team are in the process of preparing an appeal to her felony conviction for obstructing federal officers.

Read Dugan's letter in full below:

Credit: AP