'Has done nothing to comply': Smartmatic is tired of waiting for Mike Lindell to pay the sanctions he owes and tells court his tardiness has nearly doubled the amount due

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is inactive dodging his court-obligated debts, according to a Thursday filing successful Washington, D.C., national court.

The week began with a reprieve of sorts for the onetime Minnesota pillow concern maven.

On Monday, Lindell and the voting hardware and bundle institution formerly known as Dominion Voting Systems, and presently called Liberty Vote Holdings, abruptly ended their yearslong ineligible dispute.

Along with associated entities, Liberty Vote and Lindell agreed "to the dismissal of each claims and causes of enactment asserted…with prejudice." Essentially, neither of the 2 stipulating parties tin ever record the aforesaid claims and counterclaims against 1 different successful a civilian lawsuit.

That agreed-to spot of finality is precisely what motivated Smartmatic to record its ain motion to participate last judgment against Lindell.

"In airy of the Stipulated Dismissal, the lone pending quality successful this enactment is the sanctions Lindell owes Smartmatic," the question reads.

Smartmatic, for its part, has agelong been owed a important cookware of funds aft the tribunal overseeing the lawsuit sanctioned Lindell. And, for conscionable arsenic long, Lindell has refused to pay.

It each began successful February 2021 erstwhile Dominion sued MyPillow and Lindell for $1.3 cardinal aft the stalwart Donald Trump state accused both voting companies of rigging the 2020 statesmanlike election.

Lindell, successful turn, sued some voting companies — adding Smartmatic arsenic a third-party suspect to the lawsuit — for myriad counterclaims and lost. Smartmatic aboriginal moved for sanctions and won in 2022.

But portion Lindell's ineligible issues waxed and waned crossed the country, the Smartmatic sanctions remained, hanging successful the air, unresolved, unpaid.

While Smartmatic achieved a comparatively speedy triumph for being dragged into a suit it wanted nary portion of, the institution had to prod the tribunal successful October 2024 for Lindell to wage retired the grant and yet determine connected the dollar magnitude helium owed. Even then, Smartmatic said Lindell simply had not paid the $56,369 successful sanctions owed implicit his frivolous claims, and pushed for contempt successful March 2025.

"Smartmatic was improperly made a enactment to this Action by Mr. Lindell successful December 2021," the motion for civilian contempt reads. "Shortly thereafter, Smartmatic was dismissed and the Court recovered that sanctions were due for astatine slightest immoderate of the claims Lindell had asserted. Now, astir 3 afloat years aft that ruling, Smartmatic continues to hold to beryllium made whole. Despite the Court's wide and unambiguous ruling earlier this twelvemonth that Lindell compensate Smartmatic for the fees it spent litigating Lindell's frivolous claims, Lindell inactive has not paid, nor has helium meaningfully engaged successful immoderate discussions oregon negotiations regarding the presumption of payment."

Nearly a twelvemonth passed.

In April, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, yet answered Smartmatic's telephone for sanctions. In an order, the tribunal tacked connected an further $500 for each time of continued "noncompliance" and chastised the pillow salesman astatine length.

"That Lindell prioritized spending successful different ineligible proceedings implicit this case—despite those proceedings taking spot aft the Court ordered him to wage Smartmatic for filing frivolous counterclaims against it—does not excuse his nonaccomplishment to wage here," Nichols said.

The day aft Nichols' latest bid was unsealed, Smartmatic alerted the justice that Lindell had not made "any" outgo astatine each — starting the timepiece connected the $500-per-day contempt penalties.

Earlier this month, Smartmatic complained again. According to the company, Lindell has racked up implicit $36,000 successful contempt fines, bringing the caller expansive full to much than $95,000.

Now, Smartmatic says it has waited agelong enough.

"As Smartmatic has indicated successful its updates to the Court, Lindell has done thing to comply with the Court's sanctions order, nor its consequent contempt order," the question reads. "Smartmatic respectfully requests that the Court o.k. the Form of Judgment and nonstop the Clerk of Court to participate judgement accordingly successful Smartmatic's favour and against Lindell."

While the question is efficaciously yet different successful a agelong enactment of reminders, Smartmatic is specifically targeting 3 chiseled pots of money.

The question asks Nichols to clarify "the magnitude of main and accrued involvement presently owed and owing nether the sanctions award" arsenic good arsenic whether the $500-per-day penalties are for the company's benefit. In immoderate instances, contempt fines are paid to the tribunal itself.

Additionally, Smartmatic believes it is entitled to post-judgment involvement dated to erstwhile the last bid is entered — and keyed to the circumstantial involvement complaint acceptable for civilian judgments under national law.

"Thus far, Lindell has failed to wage immoderate sanctions to Smartmatic, and has not executed an escrow agreement," the question complains. "Seventy-nine days person passed since April 7, 2026. Lindell present owes $39,500 successful civilian contempt penalties successful summation to the $56,369 helium indispensable wage Smartmatic, totaling $95,369."