(WASHINGTON D.C., 9/30/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a ruling by a federal appeals court affirming a $125,000 judgment on behalf of CAIR and its Florida chapter (CAIR-Florida) against Laura Loomer and Illoominate Media for attorney’s fees and costs related to Loomer and Illoominate’s failed lawsuit falsely alleging CAIR forced Twitter to ban her from the social media platform.
The United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ruled today: “After three appeals to our Court, this matter should be at an end.”
CAIR Trial Attorney Justin Sadowsky welcomed the decision: “Loomer’s attempt to avoid the liability for her frivolous lawsuit is finally over. Her attempt to divert CAIR’s resources away from fighting for the civil rights of American Muslims has failed.”
“We are glad that the courts at all stages recognized the lack of merit in Ms. Loomer’s claims. We believe it is only right that she now pays for what we believe is a waste of resources,” said CAIR-Florida lead attorney Omar Saleh.
Earlier this year, United States District Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II said Loomer owed $123,761.65 to CAIR and its Florida chapter, plus $661.72 in costs.
CAIR Welcomes Appeals Court Decision on Islamophobe Laura Loomer’s Anti-CAIR Lawsuit
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BACKGROUNDER:
Last August, CAIR first welcomed the federal magistrate judge’s order that Loomer must pay the costs and fees.
SEE: CAIR Welcomes Ruling Ordering Islamophobe Laura Loomer to Pay Almost $125K in Fees for Anti-CAIR Lawsuit
CAIR sought those costs and fees last year following an 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling affirming the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Loomer and Illoominate Media against CAIR.
In 2019, the district court dismissed both CAIR and CAIR-Florida from Loomer’s “nonsensical” lawsuit. Loomer had alleged—based on a since-admitted prank by Nathan Bernard and Chris Gillen—that CAIR had persuaded Twitter to ban the Islamophobic failed Congressional candidate from Twitter.
SEE: CAIR Defeats Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist Laura Loomer in Court
Federal Court Rules That Anti-Muslim Activist Laura Loomer Fraudulently Joined CAIR-Florida in Lawsuit
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CONTACT: CAIR National Litigation and Civil Rights Director Lena Masri, 202-642-4934, lmasri@cair.com; CAIR Trial Attorney Justin Sadowsky, 646-785-9154, jsadowsky@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; Wilfredo Amr Ruiz, Esq., CAIR-Florida Communications Director, 305.502.6749, wruiz@cair.com