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Sharei Torah v. Hendel

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Queens County, Commercial Division · State trial courts · NY · 2026-06-02 · 2026 N.Y. Slip Op. 50994(U) · No. Index No. 701131/2023 · order

Fabricated or misquoted citations

On 2026-06-01, in Sharei Torah v. Hendel, Supreme Court of New York struck defendants' amended answer and counterclaims and awarded plaintiff costs and fees for responding to unsupported citations. A self-represented litigant cited Ennis v. Lessing even though the court found the authority did not exist.

Disposition: The court voided a removal notice, struck Hendel’s answer, found him in default, set an inquest, and ordered him to reimburse plaintiff’s legal fees in an amount to be determined.
Recorded conduct: The pro se defendant submitted false and misleading holdings, fictitious cases, non-existent pincites, and quotations absent from cases, including Ennis v. Lessing and incorrect quotations from Mullane and Traguth. The court struck his answer, found default, and ordered fee reimbursement. — outcome: costs order; actor: litigant in person
Canonical record: Incident tracker entry — verified outcome, regulator disposition and related rules

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Mr. Hendel offered a non-existent pin cite and overstated the holding ... which are hallmarks of the result of using artificial intelligence-based tools to draft legal documents. To the extent Mr. Hendel’s submissions were drafted with the assistance of artificial intelligence-based tools, which Mr. Hendel denies, this Court reminds all parties...

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