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The Advocates for Human Rights and L.H.M. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, et al.

D. Minnesota · Jurisdiction not recorded · Mar 26, 2026

False Quotes: Case Law | Brief riddled with misquotations

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Attribution unresolvedParty using AI: OtherRead the decision ↗

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State National Insurance Company, Inc. v. Damon Treadwell, et al.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama · Alabama · Mar 26, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Filing attributed a quoted passage to Nishimatsu Construction Co. v. Houston National Bank; the court searched the opinion and other sources and found the quotation does not exist; attorney admitted AI use and lack of diligence. || Fabricated: Case Law | Filing attributed a quoted sentence to Whelan v. Abell; the court found no such quotation in that opinion or elsewhere and concluded the sentence was fabricated by AI.

Judges: Harold Dean Mooty III

Public reprimand; Order NotificationParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗

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Anthony Wallace v. PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, et al.

D. Nevada · Jurisdiction not recorded · Mar 26, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Court found the cited 'Shapiro v JPMorgan Chase & Co., No. 1:13-cv-09764-PGG, 2014 WL 1224546' does not correspond to any case; SDNY docket shows the number not associated with that name. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court found 'Bally v. Home Loan Servicing, LP, No. 2:09-cv-02445-MCE-KJM, 2011 WL 867568' does not bring up a case by that name and the case number is assigned to a different matter. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court found 'Pasillas v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., No. 2:12-cv-01107, 2013 WL 3873227' cited in plaintiff's reply does not correspond to a case by that name and the case number is assigned to a different case in this court. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court found 'Boyle v. Bank of America, N.A., No. 2:13-cv-02021-APG-VCF, 2015 WL 1321435' does not correspond to any case by that name and the case number is assigned to a different case in this court. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court found 'Holmes v. Countrywide Financial Corp., No. 2:10-cv-00333-RCJ-PAL, 2010 WL 11597538' does not bring up a case by that name and the number refers to another matter in this court. || False Quotes: Case Law | Court found plaintiff cites Jolley at 213 Cal. App. 4th 872, 90…

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WarningAttribution unresolvedParty using AI: Self-representedRead the decision ↗

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Mission Critical Project Services, Inc.

GAO · Jurisdiction not recorded · Mar 26, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Protester submitted citations to non-existent decisions; GAO found the citations did not correspond to real authorities and noted hallmarks of AI-generated content. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Protester provided cases with different citation information than those cited in its response, and cited authorities that did not stand for the propositions asserted; GAO treated these as misrepresentations likely from unverified AI use.

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WarningAttribution unresolvedParty using AI: Represented by counselRead the decision ↗

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Baker v. Rastelli Foods LLC

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · New Jersey · Mar 26, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Multiple cases cited by plaintiffs were so inaccurately cited that the Court was unable to locate them and questioned whether they exist. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiffs used a quotation that does not appear in the cited case (false quotation noted by the Court).

Judges: Edward Sunyol Kiel

Order to provide PDF copies of cited case; Order to Show CauseParty using AI: Self-representedRead the decision ↗

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Elilton Alves Gouveia v. Meridian Financial Investments

CA Florida (4th) · Jurisdiction not recorded · Mar 25, 2026

The limerick in question: "There once was a litigant pro se,Who let an AI lead the way.It briefed every claim,Cited cases—by name,That vanished by morning’s next day."

Judges:

Warning (and a limerick)Attribution unresolvedParty using AI: Self-representedRead the decision ↗

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Fecteau v. Safety National Casualty Corporation

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · New York · Mar 25, 2026

Fabricated: Legal Norm | Plaintiff quoted non-existent statutory language as if from 50 U.S.C. § 3936, asserting it tolled filing deadlines (the Court found the quoted language does not appear in § 3936). || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff purported to quote existing opinions (e.g., Conroy v. Aniskoff and Gordon) but recited language that appears nowhere in those opinions; the Court found these to be false quotations.

Judges: Kenneth M. Karas

Party using AI: Self-representedRead the decision ↗

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Michael A. DeVita v. Midtown Motors, et al.

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama · Alabama · Mar 25, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited this authority in his Amended Complaint; the court found it does not appear to exist and treated it as a hallucinated citation. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited this authority in his Amended Complaint; the court found it does not appear to exist and treated it as a hallucinated citation. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited this authority in his Amended Complaint; the court found it does not appear to exist and treated it as a hallucinated citation.

Judges: R. Austin Huffaker Jr.

Case dismissed without prejudiceParty using AI: Self-representedRead the decision ↗

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Hong Chris Lu v. Capital One, N.A., et al.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio · Ohio · Mar 25, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Opposition brief (Doc. 39) contained numerous fabricated cases and troubling citation inconsistencies; opposing counsel identified the fake citations (Doc. 41); plaintiff later apologized and withdrew or corrected the filings (Doc. 47). || Fabricated: Case Law | Subsequent filing (Doc. 43) again included fake cases; court noted repeated use of fabricated citations and citation inconsistencies in the docket.

Judges: James E. Grimes, Jr

Factor in dismissing the case with prejudiceParty using AI: Self-representedRead the decision ↗

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Jared Ashcraft v. First-Citizens Bank and Trust Company, et al.

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California · California · Mar 25, 2026

Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited "GN Netcom, Inc. v. Plantronics, Inc., No. 12-cv-1247, 2016 WL 3635771, at *4–5 (D. Del. June 29, 2016)" but the Court's Westlaw search returned no documents for 2016 WL 3635771; the District of Delaware docket numbers and dates did not match and no opinion on that date was found.

Judges: John D. Early

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