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Arno Kuigoua v. Adam Michael Sacks
·California Court of Appeal, Second District·US-STATEWarningprovisional
California Court of Appeal, Second District on 2026-03-10 in Arno Kuigoua v. Adam Michael Sacks found the self-represented party's opening brief contained three citation defects involving nonexistent authorities, defective exhibits or submissions. The court warned the self-represented party to verify legal authorities before future filings.
- Court
- California Court of Appeal, Second District
- Date
- 2026-03-10
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The self-represented party's opening brief contained three citation defects involving nonexistent authorities, defective exhibits or submissions.
- Outcome
- Warning
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- 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, “Arno Kuigoua v. Adam Michael Sacks”, safelegalai.com/tracker/arno-kuigoua-v-adam-michael-sacks (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.