Orly Taitz Slapped With $20,000 Sanction

Birther leader Orly Taitz has been fined for "wasting the judicial resources" of the Middle District of Georgia with her "frivolous and sanctionable conduct."

Taitz filed a lawsuit demanding that President Obama prove his citizenship before deploying an Army captain to Iraq and Afghanistan. However, the soldier herself has disavowed her lawyer and threatened to file a bar complaint against Taitz.

Judge Clay Land wrote that Taitz's behavior in the case "borders on delusional" and "demonstrates bad faith."

Regrettably, the conduct of counsel Orly Taitz has crossed these lines, and Ms. Taitz must be sanctioned for her misconduct. After a full review of the sanctionable conduct, counsel's conduct leading up to that conduct, and counsel's response to the Court's show cause order, the Court finds that a monetary penalty of $20,000.00 shall be imposed upon counsel Orly Taitz as punishment for her misconduct, as a deterrent to prevent future misconduct, and to protect the integrity of the Court. Payment shall be made to the United States, through the Middle District of Georgia Clerk's Office, within thirty days of today's Order. If counsel fails to pay the sanction due, the U.S. Attorney will be authorized to commence collection proceedings.

In an interview with Talking Points Memo, Taitz said she had no intention of paying the fine. "Are you kidding? Of course not," she said. "This is a form of intimidation."

The full document:

Gov.uscourts.gamd.77605.28.0

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Comments

[Wide Stance]

12:30 AM on 10/30/2009

This is a classic case of a person too dumb to know how st0opid she is.

[Epididymus]

01:26 AM on 10/25/2009

Judge Land may have bitten off more than he can chew. It's up to the court to prove she's wasting it's time. That means, the burden of proof that Obama is a Natural Born Citizen is on the court. They won't be getting any money out of Orly, and may have given her what she needs.

[jefferson0467]

04:31 PM on 10/30/2009

You may be as delusional as she is if this is a serious comment. Obama has already "proven" this beyond any reasonable doubt to thse of us in America not wearing tinfoil hats. The State of Hawaii has officially stated numerous times he was born there. What other "proof" could he possible need to provide?

[crowmeris]

12:22 AM on 10/31/2009

Epididymus, read the ruling as well as the news article. Counsel is being sanctioned for her misconduct; whether or not President Obama is a natural-born citizen is not germane to the issue of her misconduct.
The Court is not in a position to prove or disprove the citizenship challenge; the challenge is outside of its jurisdiction. Counsel knew this before filing suit - on this issue alone the Court could sanction Counsel for pursuing a frivolous action. Her behavior onward simply heaped coals upon the fire.

[LickDaCat]

03:13 PM on 10/15/2009

Attack the messenger because you cannot dispute the fact that Obama is hiding his records and past.

Orly is a true American Patriot, unlike most people on this website.

[jcause28]

04:31 PM on 10/16/2009

you sound like a 3rd grader rooting for the pokemon they love the most. so much passion.

[take10]

07:56 PM on 10/29/2009

correction: "Your handle"

[take10]

07:55 PM on 10/29/2009

our handle explains it all. Only, you should lick the cat in its rear end like you do for Rush and Glenn.

[LickDaCat]

03:11 PM on 10/15/2009

Orly is a true patriot. Obama has not shown proof of being a natural born citizen. He has spent nearly $1.4 million to hide his documents from the American people. He is not eligible to hold the office of President.

I am not a crazy idiot. I have an IQ of 180 which is about off the charts. I have investigated this issue. If Obama was eligible he would produce the documents and not hide them. Technically Obama or his actual legal name Barry Soetoro is an illegal alien and a citizen of Indonesia. Hopefully the truth is allowed to come out soon in court and not thrown out by a corrupt judge. Why are you people so afraid of documentation being released for the public to see?

[GuinnessGrrl]

01:25 PM on 10/16/2009

"I have an IQ of 180 which is about off the charts."

You know, you really can't go by those free IQ tests...

[LickDaCat]

01:43 PM on 10/17/2009

No free IQ test here beer girl. This test was administered by a federal government agency during psychological employment screening. I was informed that I qualify for nearly any position available and to choose one that I find interesting. I have two brothers and both are currently working for the government. My oldest brother and his wife actually know Obama personally, they both have worked with him when he was an Illinois state senator. This brother has three PhD's, Political Science, Government and Computer Science . He is what I call a liberal from hell. He actually voted for Jessie Jackson in a presidential primary, that is how bad liberalism has warped his judgment. The liberal media is responsible for the ignorance of most of the American people by not reporting news or by twisting, spinning and lying about what they do report.

It doesn't take much intelligence to figure out that Obama is not a natural born citizen.

The fact that he has wasted $1.4 million fighting the release of his birth certificate is enough to show anybody with an IQ above room temperature that Barry is hiding something. I am not a Republican or a Democrat and I will never be connected with either one of these corrupt political organizations. This issue is beyond political parties, this is a constitutional question of eligibility to hold the office of President. Obama/Soetoro does not meet these requirements otherwise he would have proven his eligibility long ago.

[FallenAngelII]

04:26 PM on 10/29/2009

Where's the proof that he's actively hiding it and has spent $1.4 million in doing so? I love it when whackjobs make up numbers.

[Willow207]

02:56 PM on 10/15/2009

Russia sent her to the US with a note attached:

"Please take her off our hands"!!!

[Epididymus]

01:29 AM on 10/25/2009

Yeah, they're not big fans of people that expose corruption, so I guess that makes sense.

[SocialistBoy]

06:50 PM on 10/14/2009

By the way Orly, when you show up at the Clerk's Office, the Middle District Court of Ga., it operates on a cash only basis. I hope you read all 43 pages , dear.
A DIOS

[robotfog]

04:37 PM on 10/14/2009

Oily Taintz?

[ywcachieve]

04:39 PM on 10/14/2009

AKA, Oily Taters.

[Bashir Hood]

04:26 AM on 10/15/2009

LMAO, that's hilarious

[ywcachieve]

04:36 PM on 10/14/2009

She reminds me of 'Children of the Corn'.

[factotem]

04:33 PM on 10/14/2009

Put Orly in a free speech cage.

[Lulubelle1]

04:23 PM on 10/14/2009

Sorry, judge, but if Orly Taitz had $20K, her hair and makeup would look a lot better. It's like getting water from a stone... she apparently has nothing to spare.

[Bedingham]

04:01 PM on 10/14/2009

It puzzles me why, other than sensationalist TV, these delusional people are given the spotlight to inspire others of the same ilk. I would rather see intelligently rational inspirational TV with positive direction. I now watch less and less TV.

[SocialistBoy]

03:17 PM on 10/14/2009

Good for her!! Now a good beeach-slap to finish off the sentence!!!!

[sheikwil4]

03:37 PM on 10/14/2009

I say, let her not pay so that they can double the fine and if she doesn't pay, let her see what jail feels like. Lock that wacky biotch up.

[kcmookie]

02:57 PM on 10/14/2009

Why does she always look like she gets her styling cues from watching re-runs of the old Newlywed Game?

[Ron44]

02:36 PM on 10/14/2009

she should have been put back in the asylum!!

[dimplesmile7]

02:34 PM on 10/14/2009

Oily Trail is a mail order bride. She married her American husband after knowing him for only two days. That is how she got her American citizenship.