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Joshua Harris v. Pinnacle Bank

United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi · Federal district courts · MS · · No. 3:25-cv-157. Case: 3:25-cv-00157-RPC-RP Doc · memorandum opinion

Fabricated or misquoted citations

The Northern District of Mississippi on 2026-05-07 dismissed the case with prejudice as a sanction for repeated fabricated citations and other Rule 11 violations in Joshua Harris v. Pinnacle Bank. The self-represented plaintiff filed a motion with three fabricated case citations, one false case quotation, four fabricated legal rules, and three misstated legal rules.

Disposition
The court dismissed the case with prejudice as a sanction for repeated fabricated citations and other Rule 11 violations.
Recorded conduct
The self-represented plaintiff filed a motion with three fabricated case citations, one false case quotation, four fabricated legal rules, and three misstated legal rules. — outcome: dismissal; actor: litigant in person
Canonical record
Incident tracker entry — verified outcome, regulator disposition and related rules

What the court wrote

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(emphasis in original). Plaintiff was cautioned yet again on April 1, 2026, that his repeated violations of Rule 11 and court orders could result in dismissal of this action without further notice. See [Doc. 52]. Despite these repeated warnings, Plaintiff filed another motion containing fictitious legal authorities the day before his third show cause hearing. See [Doc. 57]. At the April 29, 2026 hearing, Plaintiff acknowledged both that he repeatedly submitted fabricated citations and that dismissal was an appropriate sanction under the circumstances. The record demonstrates a clear pattern of delay, contumacious conduct, and disregard for the Court’s orders. Plaintiff’s repeated submission of fabricated legal authority substantially delayed the progress of this litigation and resulted in “significant periods of total inactivity.

Authorities cited in the passage: Fed. R. Civ. P. 11

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