Courts on AI / Fabricated or misquoted citations
Louis J. Blazy v. Department of State
Civilian Board of Contract Appeals · Federal specialty courts · · opinion
Civilian Board of Contract Appeals on 2026-02-24 in Louis J. Blazy v. Department of State found the self-represented party's motion contained three citation defects involving nonexistent authorities, fabricated or misattributed quotations, mischaracterized authority. The court admonished the self-represented party to verify cited authorities and avoid repeating the citation defects.
- Disposition
- The court admonished the self-represented party to verify cited authorities and avoid repeating the citation defects.
- Recorded conduct
- The self-represented party's motion contained three citation defects involving nonexistent authorities, fabricated or misattributed quotations, mischaracterized authority. — outcome: warning; actor: litigant in person
- Canonical record
- Incident tracker entry — verified outcome, regulator disposition and related rules
What the court wrote
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(3) Appellant’s vague, confusing, and unpersuasive responses to the Board’s orders raise questions as to the credibility and veracity of his responses. 2 In response to a Board order, appellant stated that he did not use artificial intelligence (AI) to draft his motion. A characteristic of using AI is its propensity to “hallucinate,” meaning to create information which appears credible and real but which is actually false, non-existent, or a mischaracterization of existing information. There is no prohibition against using AI at the Board. However, “[i]f using AI, parties retain full responsibility for the accuracy of all submissions to the Board.” Annual Report, United S t a t e s C i v ilian Board of Contract Appeals, Fiscal Y ea r 2 0 2 5, https://cbca.gov/files/2025-CBCA-Annual-Report.pdf (last visited February 23, 2026). CBCA 7992, 7993 5 Sanction Appellant’s actions as described herein constitute sanctionable misconduct pursuant to Board Rule 35. We issue this formal admonishment to appellant to alert appellant that, as the case proceeds, if he continues such conduct, additional and harsher sanctions will be imposed, which could include dismissal of the appeals without proceeding to the merits. Rule 35(b)(6).