Courts on AI / Fabricated or misquoted citations

Taiujuan Burches v. Equifax Information Services, LLC

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · Federal district courts · LA · 2026-05-20 · No. 25-804 · order

Fabricated or misquoted citations

On 2026-05-20, in Taiujuan Burches v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, et al, the Eastern District of Louisiana warned the filer that future use of false, nonexistent, or unsupported authorities may result in sanctions. A self-represented litigant filed a motion using nonexistent or hallucinated authorities and authorities used for propositions they did not support.

Disposition: The motion to dismiss was granted and the court noted that Burches continued to use AI and hallucinated citations after prior warnings.
Recorded conduct: Burches’s filings relied on fabricated and non-existent legal authorities, and the court noted that his improper use of AI and hallucinated citations continued after he had been warned that future fabricated citations would result in sanctions. — 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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21 R. Doc. 188 at p. 2. 22 R. Doc. 189. 23 R. Doc. 190. 24 R. Doc. 195. The Court notes that Plaintiff’s improper use of AI and hallucinated citations continued.

Court document: govinfo.gov
Public copy first read: damiencharlotin.com
Read: 2026-09-08 · court's own copy read
Found via: charlotin-hallucinations-db
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