AI Abuse Court Cases
Search 1,395 source-linked cases involving fabricated citations and other AI-generated legal errors.
837 judge-case associations across 551 judges and 164 courts.
Source: Damien Charlotin
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837Judge-case associations
551Judges
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United States v. Michael Shane DeBaere (2)
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia · Virginia · Jan 23, 2026
False Quotes: Case Law | Lengthy quotation attributed to United States v. Melvin (3d Cir.) that does not appear in that opinion; court found the quoted material absent from Melvin. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Mischaracterization of United States v. Emmett (9th Cir.), including attributing analysis and a quotation that the Emmett opinion does not contain. || Fabricated: Case Law | Multiple citations on memorandum page 11 to cases that are not found (citation strings do not match any real cases or the quoted language does not appear in the cited opinions). || False Quotes: Case Law | Quotation "static rehashing of past severity" attributed to a case where the phrase does not appear and no source could be located.
Judges: Elizabeth Kay Dillon
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United States v. Michael Shane DeBaere (1)
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia · Virginia · Aug 27, 2025
Fabricated: Doctrinal Work | DeBaere cited a non-existent provision of the Guide to Judiciary Policy (Vol. 8, Pt. E, § 220.40) and quoted language that the court determined does not exist; court found the quotation fabricated and provided no basis for disclosure. || Fabricated: Case Law | DeBaere relied on a fabricated Sixth Circuit decision cited as United States v. Zai, 939 F.3d 740, 746 (6th Cir. 2019), including a quoted passage that the court determined was invented; court rejected the authority as non-existent/misleading. || Fabricated: Case Law | DeBaere cited United States v. Parisi, 363 F. Supp. 3d 281 (W.D.N.Y. 2019) as support for early termination; the court determined that citation is fabricated and provides no support. || Fabricated: Case Law | The defendant's filings contained numerous additional fabricated or mischaracterized cases and quotations (the brief contained over 70 citations the court described as fabricated or mischaracterized); the court emphasized the defendant's responsibility to verify authorities.
Judges: Elizabeth Kay Dillon
