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Turgeon v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire · Federal district courts · NH · · No. 1:25-cv-00510-SM-TSM · order

Fabricated or misquoted citations

The District of New Hampshire affirms bankruptcy dismissal and recounts that the bankruptcy court struck Noella Turgeon’s objection because it contained false, hallucinated case citations. The order rejects Turgeon’s due-process challenge, noting the bankruptcy court warned her about misleading filings and gave leave to amend.

Disposition
The district court affirmed dismissal of Turgeon's Chapter 13 petition and upheld striking her objection.
Recorded conduct
Self-represented debtor filed an objection containing false, hallucinated case citations that the bankruptcy court found inaccurate and misleading. — outcome: other; actor: litigant in person
Canonical record
Incident tracker entry — verified outcome, regulator disposition and related rules

What the court wrote

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The court then questioned Turgeon regarding her Objection to the Trustee’s motion to dismiss. Specifically, the court asked Turgeon about her use of “false, hallucinated case citations” within her brief. The bankruptcy court explained to Turgeon that the citations she referenced and relied upon in her objection were inaccurate and misleading. Accordingly, her objection to the motion to dismiss would be stricken. Turgeon protested that she had been trying to act in “good faith.” The court responded: “it’s not going well for you because items are not getting noticed, []proper forms are not getting used, and you’re misleading the Court. So I really strongly urge you to get an attorney in this case and to go that route. If you continue to proceed pro se, we’ll continue to monitor the case accordingly.”

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