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Christ Apostolic Temple, Inc. v. Sinegal
·Court of Appeals of Iowa·US-STATEWarningprovisional
On 2026-05-27, in Christ Apostolic Temple, Inc., Dwight Reed and Jordan Reed v. Demetrius Sinegal, et al, Iowa Court of Appeals admonished the filer to verify authorities before presenting AI-assisted or otherwise unsupported legal citations. A self-represented appellant filed a reply brief using nonexistent or hallucinated authorities and authorities used for propositions they did not support.
- Court
- Court of Appeals of Iowa
- Date
- 2026-05-27
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The self-represented appellant’s appellate and reply briefs cited nonexistent cases and cases that did not support the propositions asserted. The court affirmed and warned him to verify citations.
- 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
- 2026-09-08
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Christ Apostolic Temple, Inc. v. Sinegal”, safelegalai.com/tracker/christ-apostolic-temple-inc-dwight-reed-and-jordan-reed-v-demetrius-sinegal-et-a (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.