Craig Cunningham is a repeat TCPA litigator of the highest order.
He has brought numerous cases over the years but when he elected to sue something called MJ Ministries back in April, 2022 he got more than he bargained for.
The trouble started for Cunningham in February, 2024 when defendant sought sanctions for Cunningham serving invalid subpoenas. The Court ended up granted a motion to quash and ordered sanctions in the amount of $11,467.50. Cunningham was ordered to pay within 30 days but he apparently failed to do so.
So in January, 2025 MJ Ministries– deciding not to turn the other cheek– sought sanctions AGAIN, this time for Cunningham having failed to pay the previous sanctions order.
Well just yesterday the court granted that motion and with emphasis.
Specifically Cunningham was ordered to pay another $6,887.00 in sanctions plus $2,500.00 for willful non-compliance PLUS $300.00 per day in penalties!.
So Cunningham now owes over $20k plus $300.00 per day until he pays!
And that’s not the worst of it.
Cunningham has been ordered to attend a hearing IN PERSON in May to address why he should not be THROWN IN JAIL for failing to pay the amount ordered by the Court previously:
Additionally, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff appear before this Court for a hearing to show cause as to why he should not be incarcerated in relation to his repeated and blatant contemptuous acts. The hearing in this case is set for Monday, May 19, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 1705 of the Richard B. Russell Federal Building located at 2211 United States Courthouse, 75 Ted Turner Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3309.
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That is scary.
So Cunningham might be going to jail for failing to pay some money. Not sure debtor’s prisons are a thing in this country, but if he is willfully choosing not to pay then he is in some big trouble. We will see.
Look, I don’t know if this is what Jesus would do, but I know it is what aggressive TCPA defense lawyers can do. And you have to respect the hard work of Ryan Watstein’s great team to get this result– no wonder they ranked so high on our power rankings list!
See everyone in a bit at LeadsCon and would LOVE to see everyone in July at Law Conference of Champions III— where the winners will come together!
Chat soon.