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Roosevelt Hunt, Jr. v. True Sky Federal Credit Union
United States District Court for the District of Kansas · Federal district courts · KS · · 2026 WL 516955 · No. No. 25-1209-JWB · memorandum opinion
District of Kansas on 2026-02-25 in Roosevelt Hunt, Jr. v. True Sky Federal Credit Union found the self-represented party's brief contained one citation defect, including Howard v. CitiMortgage, Inc., 2019 WL 1401348 (D. Kan. Mar. 28, 2019) and Howard v. CitiMortgage, involving nonexistent authorities. The court warned the self-represented party to verify legal authorities before future filings.
- Disposition
- The court warned the self-represented party to verify legal authorities before future filings.
- Recorded conduct
- The self-represented party's brief contained one citation defect, including Howard v. CitiMortgage, Inc., 2019 WL 1401348 (D. Kan. Mar. 28, 2019) and Howard v. CitiMortgage, involving nonexistent authorities. — 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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2 Although Plaintiff's argument section is titled “Plaintiff's contract claims are properly pled,” Plaintiff only addresses his claim of breach of the implied duty of good faith. (Doc. 20 at 3.) 3 Plaintiff also cites to a non-existent case in support of his arguments on the FCRA claim. (Doc. 20 at 1) (citing to Howard v. CitiMortgage, Inc., 2019 WL 1401348 (D. Kan. Mar. 28, 2019)). There is no case with such a Since the filing of Plaintiff's brief, this court has entered a standing order on the use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in court filings. Standing Order 26-01 (In Re: Use of Artificial Intelligence In Preparing Court Filings). This order requires a litigant to review and verify the accuracy of all content filed with the court that was drafted or assisted using an AI tool. Should Plaintiff violate this standing order in subsequent filings, he can be subject to sanctions as set forth in the standing order.
Authorities cited in the passage: Howard v. CitiMortgage, Inc., 2019 WL 1401348 (D. Kan. Mar. 28, 2019) · Howard v. CitiMortgage