Edward C. Allen v. Western Governors University, et al.

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were accurate or the result of benign typographical errors while simultaneously citing to additional misrepresented or fabricated authorities. The Court is left to assume that Mr. Allen either himself fabricated authorities and lied to the Court by claiming the inaccuracies were the result of typos or clerical errors, or enlisted the assistance of AI, which misrepresented and fabricated cases to support his assertions, failed to check their validity (even after being specifically instructed to do so), and then lied to the Court about their origins. Further, while Mr. Allen’s Response to the Court’s OSC asserted that he should be afforded lenience due to his status as a pro se litigant, the Court finds Mr. Allen is neither unsophisticated nor inexperienced in litigation even though he is proceeding pro se. Indeed, he purportedly has a juris doctorate degree, and claims he has “been in this business for eighteen years.” See Hr’g Tr. 3:8, Mar. 17, 2026, ECF No. 53. And even if that were not the case, “although courts make some allowances for a pro se [p]laintiff's failure to cite to proper legal authority, courts do not make allowances for a