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Meyer v. Castroville State Bank

Fourth Court of Appeals of Texas · State appellate courts · TX · 2026-04-22 · No. No. 04-25-00278-CV · memorandum opinion

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The Texas Court of Appeals, Fourth District on 2026-04-22 affirmed the summary judgment for the bank and declined to initiate sanctions proceedings over two non-existent cases in Meyer v. Castroville State Bank. The self-represented party filed a submission with two fabricated case citations.

Disposition: The foreclosure summary judgment was affirmed, and the court declined to initiate sanctions proceedings for the two non-existent cases.
Recorded conduct: The Meyers’s pro se appellate brief referenced two non-existent cases: In re Carothers, 780 S.W.2d 820, 823 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1990, orig. proceeding), and Exxon Corp. v. Allsup / Exxon Corp. v. Alembik, 602 S.W.2d 695 (Tex. 1980). — outcome: noted, no consequence; actor: litigant in person
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at 124 (“In accord with the substance and sense of our decisions in Lassiter and Santosky, [citation omitted], we place decrees forever terminating parental rights in the category of cases in which the State may not ‘bolt the door to equal justice[. ]’”). We overrule the Meyers’s second issue. D. Nonexistent Authority Before concluding, we would be remiss without acknowledging the Meyers’s reference to two non-existent cases. “Courts across the country have issued sanctions against attorneys and pro se parties for submitting fictitious case citations, fictitious quotations, and related misrepresentations to the court, including” dismissing or denying the appeal. United States v. Hayes, 763 F. Supp. 3d 1054, 1071–72 (E. D. Cal.

Authorities cited in the passage: United States v. Hayes, 763 F

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