Clinton Judge Rules In Favor Of Flying Imams
Washington Times:
A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by a group of imams against US Airways and a Minneapolis airport can proceed.
U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery said in a 41-page opinion late Tuesday that the imams, who say they were discriminated against when they were removed from a flight last year, have a plausible claim that their constitutional rights may have been violated.
The imams “have adequately stated a claim” that airport police may have “seized plaintiffs in violation of their Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures,” wrote Judge Montgomery, an appointee of President Clinton.
“This preliminary victory shows that any American can have a day in court,” said Omar Mohammedi, attorney for the imams.
“The case is about civil rights violations and constitutional principles that we all cherish. Our judicial system has always been, and will remain, the hope for all minorities who seek to redress civil rights violations,” Mr. Mohammedi said.
However, the judge dismissed two of the imams’ complaints. The imams had argued that they suffered from emotional distress as a result of the incident, and one of the imams said he was discriminated against because he is blind.
US Airways has said the captain’s decision to remove the men from the flight “was not arbitrary and capricious,” but that he relied on a passenger’s note saying the men had made anti-American comments and sat in a “dispersed seating arrangement” and on a flight attendant’s observation that two of the imams “had asked for seat-belt extensions, but only one seemed to need one.” Passenger records also indicated that three of the men were flying on one-way tickets.
In summarizing the events that led up to the men’s removal last November from the flight from Minnesota to Arizona, the judge wrote that “it is dubious that these facts would lead a reasonable person to conclude that plaintiffs were about to interfere with the crew of Flight 300.”
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November 22nd, 2007 at 6:33 pmThat judge is stunningly stupid. He must be a Clinton appointee. Can anyone find out? He’s got a September 10th mentality which most liberals possess. Those imams should have been run out of the country for their “probe”.
November 22nd, 2007 at 7:12 pmI’m hoping this is just an exercise to get all of the facts in the official record so these Muslims and CAIR can’t scream discrimination when the case gets thrown out based on the evidence.
November 22nd, 2007 at 9:12 pmJarhead68
Third para last line “an appointee of President Clinton”
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:14 pmGood, bring it to court. You can’t yell fire in a crowded theater and you can’t go and make people feel their lives may be in danger and not expect to be tossed off an airplane. This will all work out in the end. US Air needs to appeal.
November 23rd, 2007 at 12:52 amSon of a …. I hope there is an appeal.
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:10 amYup, a Cliton appointee…
http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1668
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:31 am