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Yasmani Gurri Rubio v. Markwayne Mullin, et al.

United States District Court for the District of Maryland · Federal district courts · MD · 2026-05-01 · No. 1:25-cv-02756-ABA · memorandum opinion

Fabricated or misquoted citations

The District of Maryland on 2026-05-01 warned the self-represented party to verify legal authorities and cautioned that future hallucinated or nonexistent citations may bring sanctions in Yasmani Gurri Rubio v. Markwayne Mullin, et al. The self-represented party filed a pleading with five false case quotations, including Hahn v. United States.

Disposition: The court warned the self-represented party to verify legal authorities and cautioned that future hallucinated or nonexistent citations may bring sanctions.
Recorded conduct: The self-represented party filed a pleading with five false case quotations, including Hahn v. United States and Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co. — 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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therefore, Defendants state that, although they are no longer able to promise adjudication within sixty days of remand, they still request that the case be remanded to USCIS to comprehensively review Mr. Gurri Rubio’s application. ECF No. 37 ¶ 6. First, the Court must again note that Mr. Gurri Rubio’s complaint and his response to the motion to remand also include nonexistent quotations. In his complaint, he claims to quote from Tutun v. United States, 270 U. S. 568, 578 (1926), which he claims states “When the applicant shows his eligibility, the court has the duty to grant the application. ” ECF No. 1 at 7.

Authorities cited in the passage: Tutun v. United States, 270 U · Plaintiff attributed a nonexistent quotation to Hahn v. United States · Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co · Plaintiff attributed a nonexistent quotation to Tutun v. United States · Taalebinezhaad v. Chertoff

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