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Hill v. Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority
·United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma·US-FEDPendingprovisional
On 2026-05-21, in Dalton Gage Hill v. Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority, the Western District of Oklahoma magistrate judge recommended denying the motion to vacate and described earlier Rule 11 sanctions proceedings against counsel. Counsel filed a response using quotations that did not appear in the cited source, nonexistent or hallucinated authorities, and authorities used for.
- Court
- United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
- Date
- 2026-05-21
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Counsel Michael McBride previously filed fictitious cases and then violated an AI-disclosure order; his response also misquoted Dodd and cited Cooter for an unsupported proposition. The R&R recommended contempt proceedings and Rule 11 fee sanctions.
- Outcome
- Pending
- 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, “Hill v. Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority”, safelegalai.com/tracker/dalton-gage-hill-v-oklahoma-county-criminal-justice-authority (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.