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Anthony Josue Grajales v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., et al.
·United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina·US-FEDSanctionsprovisional
On 2026-06-02, in Anthony Josue Grajales v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., et al, the Middle District of North Carolina sanctioned the plaintiff $120, stayed the case until payment, and required copies of cited authorities with future filings. A self-represented litigant filed a response using quotations that did not appear in the cited source, numerous nonexistent or hallucinated authorities, and.
- Court
- United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
- Date
- 2026-06-02
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- generative artificial intelligence
- Conduct
- A self-represented litigant filed a response using quotations that did not appear in the cited source, numerous nonexistent or hallucinated authorities, and authorities used for propositions they did not support.
- Outcome
- Sanctions
- Penalty
- US$120
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Provisional — written by the court-decisions pipeline, awaiting the editor
- Last checked
- 2026-09-07
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Anthony Josue Grajales v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., et al.”, safelegalai.com/tracker/anthony-josue-grajales-v-santander-consumer-usa-inc-et-al (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.