Appeals Court: Loomer Owes Muslim Group $125,000

Tech Dirt reports:

Engaging in performative litigation may be fun to do and score points with your fan base. But, sooner or later, these theatrical productions tend to generate actual costs — something that can’t be offset with shares and retweets, or even votes at the polls.

Laura Loomer, an alt-right personality mostly known for ineffectively handcuffing herself to the door of Twitter headquarters and her inability to perform routine maintenance on her vehicle, loves to perform for her fan base.

That she has done nothing but string together successive courtroom losses doesn’t seem to have put a dent in her reputation (maybe her reputation is unassailable in the way some people are defamation-proof?) but it is going to put a dent in her bank account.

Via press release:



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.”