Judge denies ex-Georgetown employee's bid for judgment against Canary Mission
A federal judge denied a former Georgetown University employee’s request for a default judgment against Canary Mission, ruling on Monday that she failed to show that the pro-Israel watchdog group was properly served with her lawsuit.Aneesa Johnson, who identifies as black, Muslim and “of Palestinian origin,” sued Georgetown and several others after she was fired over social media posts expressing her hatred for Zionists.Canary Mission maintained a profile on Johnson and published information about her social media posts made before she was employed by Georgetown. That included, “I have a deep seeded hate for Zio b**ches” and “I call them Zio b**ches, because they’re dogs,” and a “photograph of a scowling Orthodox Jewish man with the caption, ‘When the whole world hates you because you (are) a thief and grow up looking like a shaytan,’” with a tag that said “growing up Israeli.”Johnson sought a default judgment against Canary Mission…
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A federal judge has denied a former Georgetown University employee's request for a default judgment against Canary Mission, a pro-Israel watchdog group. Aneesa Johnson, who was fired from Georgetown for social media posts expressing hatred for Zionists and Orthodox Jews, sued the university and others. She claimed to have served Canary Mission by mailing the complaint to the Central Fund of Israel, which she described as the watchdog's financial intermediary.
U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper ruled on August 31 that Johnson had not established that the organizations were "so closely intertwined as to constitute essentially the same organization."
The judge also noted that even if properly served, Johnson's claims would likely fail on their merits, as there was "no suggestion of a mutual understanding or shared conspiratorial objective" between Canary Mission and Georgetown. Johnson has seven days to explain why Canary Mission should not be dismissed from the lawsuit due to improper service.
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