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Taiujuan Burches v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, et al.

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

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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 court warned the filer that future use of false, nonexistent, or unsupported authorities may result in sanctions.
Recorded conduct: A self-represented litigant filed a motion using nonexistent or hallucinated authorities and authorities used for propositions they did not support. — outcome: warning; actor: litigant in person
Canonical record: Incident tracker entry — verified outcome, regulator disposition and related rules

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Plaintiff requested,13 and the Court granted,14 leave to file a Second Amended Complaint, which was then filed into the record.15 Experian then answered the Second Amended Complaint,16 and Trans Union filed a Motion to Dismiss the same.17 On September 26, 2025, Plaintiff requested leave to file a Third Amended Complaint.18 Trans Union opposed the request,19 and Plaintiff filed a reply.20 Trans Union thenfiledaMotionforLeavetoFileaSur-reply, representing that “[a] closer examination of Plaintiff’s Motion reveals Plaintiff’s reliance on fabricated and/or non-existent legal authorities,” and requested leave “to briefly address the misrepresentations in Plaintiff’s 9 R. Doc. 1 at ¶¶ 108-121. 10 R. Doc. 39. 11 R. Doc. 105. 12 Id. at pp. 4-5. 13 R. Doc. 145. 14 R. Doc. 151. 15 R. Doc. 152. 16 R. Doc. 154. 17 R. Doc. 163. 18 R. Doc. 169. 19 R. Doc. 179. 20 R. Doc.

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