Court Hands Defiant Gym Owner a Huge Win Over Cuomo's Restrictions

Santa came a bit early for Western New York gym owner Robbie Dinero in the form of a preliminary injunction from a state judge that allows him to reopen his gym at full capacity.

The oral ruling Wednesday by State Supreme Court Judge Judge Paul B. Wojtaszek said the state’s order closing gyms was arbitrary and capricious, attorney Paul Cambria said, WGRZ-TV reported.

Dinero’s Athletes Unleashed gym, located in the Buffalo suburb of Orchard Park, will now be able to open at 100 percent capacity.

“It was unsupported by anything the state submitted,” Cambria said, according to WBEN-AM.

“Would it apply to other gyms? That’s something they will have to discuss with their legal advisers. It seems obvious to me this precedent is such that if others filed, they would get a similar result.”

Dinero has been battling against lockdown edicts imposed by the state and Erie County.

He became a symbol of rebellion last month while, during a live interview, he ripped up a notice fining him $15,000 for COVID-19 violations.

“Come and get it,” Dinero, who spent 14 years with the Marines, told WBEN.

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