(WASHINGTON D.C., 2/4/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a judge’s affirmation of a Florida ruling ordering far-right Islamophobic conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer and her company Illoominate Media to pay CAIR almost $125,000 in attorney’s fees and costs stemming from a lawsuit falsely claiming the Muslim civil rights organization colluded with Twitter to have her banned.
Yesterday, 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
READ THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT’S RULING
In a statement, CAIR Trial Attorney Justin Sadowsky said:
“Laura Loomer brought this frivolous lawsuit in an attempt to force CAIR to use its valuable resources on this case rather than defending the civil rights of Muslims and other Americans. She has now been instructed twice to pay CAIR for the harm she is inflicted. We look forward to collecting her money and using it to defend our nation’s most cherished constitutional rights.”
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 prank that had long since been revealed not to be true—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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