Judicial Watch, the DC-based righty law firm that’s threatening to sue Seattle for supporting Casa Latina, may want to think twice about taking the city to court.

A California court tossed a similar Judicial Watch-inspired case yesterday.

Judge Gregory Munoz issued a ruling Monday saying Laguna Beach residents Eileen Garcia and George Riviere had failed to prove that the $22,000 the city has been spending annually on the center is an illegal expenditure or a waste of public money.

Munoz said the city-funded job center on Laguna Canyon Road provides a public benefit, much like a park. The judge also said there was no evidence that the center was used exclusively by illegal immigrants.

“Under their argument, we couldn’t fund a soup kitchen because it might be used by illegal aliens,” said Laguna Beach City Atty. Robert O. Owen. “The city is just funding a public amenity.”

Funny. When I called Judicial Watch yesterday to ask when and if they were going to make good on their threat and sue Seattle for supporting Casa—which, among other services, runs a day laborers center—the attorney I spoke with was notably agitated from the second he picked up the phone. I was totally unaware that his firm had just lost a similar case in California.

I have great timing.