An Arizona federal court struck a pro se plaintiff’s amended complaint motion after discovering two AI-hallucinated citations and warned the plaintiff that future submissions containing hallucinated cases would result in Rule 11 sanctions. The court explicitly stated that AI hallucinations allow it
A Wisconsin federal court found AI-hallucinated citations in a pro se complaint — including citations that led to entirely unrelated cases — and warned plaintiffs that hallucinations are ‘fundamentally incompatible with our justice system’ while ordering compliance with Rule 11.
Endure Industries, a small business appealing a Defence Health Agency contract cancellation before the ASBCA, cited a nonexistent court decision in its brief. After a show cause order, the company admitted AI use — the first documented AI hallucination admission before the Armed Services Board of Co
A Florida pro se appellant challenging election procedures filed briefs citing numerous non-existent cases and quoting real cases for propositions they do not support. The Second District Court of Appeal affirmed dismissal, issued a formal warning that future AI-hallucinated filings will face advers
A New York attorney was immediately suspended after her AI-generated brief filed in federal immigration court contained fabricated citations — then refused to cooperate with the state bar investigation, calling it a “racist attack.” The First Department’s order under 22 NYCRR 1240.9 shows how AI mis
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.
An M.D. Pennsylvania court dismissed a habeas petition for lack of jurisdiction, but not before issuing a compassionate AI hallucination warning to the incarcerated pro se petitioner — acknowledging research constraints in prison while holding firm that actual law must be cited.
A Southern District of New York magistrate judge found that a pro se plaintiff’s procedural letter to the court contained five citations that did not support their cited propositions, three quotes from cases that did not appear in those cases, and one citation to a nonexistent judicial opinion — all
A Texas federal court issued a landmark AI disclosure order after a pro se plaintiff admitted that inaccuracies in a joint discovery report resulted from unchecked AI use, requiring all filers to certify AI usage and verify every AI-generated assertion.
Plaintiff’s counsel in a BART transit lawsuit filed an opposition brief containing three non-existent case citations — likely AI hallucinations — and then failed to respond to the court’s show cause order entirely. The court imposed a $1,000 sanction, referred the matter to the California State Bar,