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A Minnesota pro se litigant’s complaint was dismissed after the trial court found he ‘repeatedly cited nonexistent legal authority.’ The Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal as non-appealable, finding the without-prejudice dismissal did not affect his substantial rights.
A pro se Cuban national fighting USCIS naturalization delays cited a fabricated Supreme Court quotation and misread a 1926 precedent. Judge Abelson warned of sanctions and remanded, confirming courts hold self-represented litigants to the same standard as attorneys on AI hallucinations.
Florida’s 6th District Court of Appeal dismissed a certiorari petition and issued a show cause order against attorney Karin Gerardin after her AI-assisted filing cited non-existent cases and misrepresented actual holdings. The court warned it will refer attorneys to The Florida Bar for AI-related mi
A self-represented appellant in a California divorce case submitted briefs to the Court of Appeal riddled with fictitious case citations — cases that do not exist, cases disapproved by the Supreme Court, and cases cited for propositions they do not support. The court named each fabricated citation o
UK County Court Judge Grimshaw referred two AML Legal solicitors to the SRA after AI-generated appeal documents containing fictitious case citations were filed without verification. The ruling, published on the Judiciary website, holds that reckless AI use by qualified lawyers is inexcusable.
A Maryland federal court dismissed an employment discrimination claim and held a sanctions hearing after pro se plaintiff Devin Robinson’s response brief cited non-existent cases and fabricated quotations, which Robinson attributed to AI assistance. The court dismissed all claims with prejudice, fin
Chief Judge Kendall sanctioned a pro se plaintiff $5,000 after finding 30+ AI hallucinations across two filings — including 13 in a single Rule 59(e) motion and a fabrication of language attributed to the court’s own prior order that the judge never wrote. The court’s grace had been exhausted.
A US District Court in Colorado ordered a pro se plaintiff to disclose which AI platform he used to process confidential discovery materials, and amended the protective order to bar uploading confidential information to mainstream AI tools. The ruling addresses the novel intersection of AI use, work
A pro se plaintiff in New York cited AI-generated cases to support a quiet title action; the Supreme Court of Dutchess County dismissed the action, warning that fabricated AI citations undermine judicial integrity and waste court resources.
Maryland’s Appellate Court issued an extraordinary editorial note confirming that an official custody opinion contained AI-generated fake citations that have been preserved in the record as written; the court affirmed father’s sole custody despite the embedded legal errors.