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Richard A. Cole v. Midland States Bank, et al.
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts · Federal district courts · MA · · No. 1:25-cv-10216-NMG · order
On 2026-06-01, in Richard A. Cole v. Midland States Bank, et al, the District of Massachusetts admonished the filer to verify authorities before presenting AI-assisted or otherwise unsupported legal citations. A self-represented litigant filed a motion using authorities used for propositions they did not support and a nonexistent rule or legal standard.
- Disposition
- The court admonished the filer to verify authorities before presenting AI-assisted or otherwise unsupported legal citations.
- Recorded conduct
- A self-represented litigant filed a motion using authorities used for propositions they did not support and a nonexistent rule or legal standard. — outcome: warning; actor: litigant in person
- Canonical record
- Incident tracker entry — verified outcome, regulator disposition and related rules
What the court wrote
Verbatim from the court's document (public domain). Ellipses mark omitted text; nothing is paraphrased.
June 30 , 2023) ("Because Johnson claims that Wells Fargo failed to deposit funds into his account- as opposed to transfer funds outside of his account-the provisions of section 1693h do not appear to apply to Plaintiff ' s allegations . " ) . The complaint makes clear that Jonathan , not Cole , instructed the Bank to make the t cansfers . Col e cannot , therefore , sue under that provisi on of the EFTA and defendants ' motion to dismiss will therefore be allowed with respect to Count 1 . 1 To the extent that Cole alleges that Jonathan has assigned to him all claims arisi ng from these facts , the Court is unpersuaded . Even assuming, arguendo , that such claims can be legally assigned, Cole has made no showing that Jonathan actually did so and the Court cannot accept the contention on faith . To the extent that Cole also brings a claim under the Massachusetts state- l aw analogue , M.G. L. c .
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