Courts on AI / Fabricated or misquoted citations
Albert Taylor v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, et al.
United States District Court for the District of Nevada · Federal district courts · NV · · No. Case 2:25-cv-00840-APG-NJK · order
District of Nevada on 2026-03-13 in Albert Taylor v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, et al. found the self-represented party's opposition used hallucinogenic citations to nonexistent cases while opposing dismissal motions. The court warned the self-represented party to verify legal authorities before future filings.
- Disposition
- The court warned the self-represented party to verify legal authorities before future filings.
- Recorded conduct
- The self-represented party's opposition used hallucinogenic citations to nonexistent cases while opposing dismissal motions. — 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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19 / / / / 20 / / / / 21 22 5 Taylor opposes this motion with hallucinogenic citations to non-existent cases. To the extent Taylor has relied on artificial intelligence to write his papers, I caution him that it is his 23 responsibility to check his case citations to ensure they are accurate and say what he claims they do. The failure to do so may expose him to sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11. 4 Case 2:25-cv-00840-APG-NJK Document 53 Filed 03/13/26 Page 5 of 5 1 IV. CONCLUSION
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