Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
Booker v. The Kroger Co., No. 1:26-cv-02006-SDG (N.D. Ga.)
·US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division·US-FEDFine
The US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia fined employment plaintiff's lawyer Christopher Johnson USD 8,000, payable to the court's sanctions fund, for citing four nonexistent or misrepresented authorities. Judge Grimberg found his show-cause response evasive and an attempt to shift blame to opposing counsel, required proof of ethics and technology CLE, and reserved further sanctions.
- Court
- US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division
- Date
- 2026-08-28
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Plaintiff's counsel Christopher Johnson cited four authorities that were nonexistent or misrepresented. At the show-cause hearing he denied using AI, which the court found lacked credibility and was evasive, and he devoted half of his written response to attacking opposing counsel.
- Outcome
- Fine
- Penalty
- US$8,000
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-03
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Booker v. The Kroger Co., No. 1:26-cv-02006-SDG (N.D. Ga.)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/booker-v-kroger (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.