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Burches v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, et al.
·United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana·US-FEDFineprovisional
The Eastern District of Louisiana on 2026-05-11 ordered the self-represented plaintiff to pay $500 for filing unverified or fabricated authorities in Burches v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, et al. The self-represented plaintiff filed a reply brief with two fabricated case citations, one false case quotation, and one mischaracterized case citation, including Hays v. HCA Holdings.
- Court
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- Date
- 2026-05-11
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The self-represented plaintiff filed a reply brief with two fabricated case citations, one false case quotation, and one mischaracterized case citation, including Hays v. HCA Holdings and Turner v. Murphy Oil USA.
- Outcome
- Fine
- Penalty
- US$500
- 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, “Burches v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, et al.”, safelegalai.com/tracker/burches-v-equifax-information-services-llc-et-al (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.