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Derence V. Fivehouse v. United States Department of Defense et al.
·United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina·US-FEDWarningprovisional
Eastern District of North Carolina on 2026-03-02 in Derence V. Fivehouse v. United States Department of Defense et al. found counsel's motion contained seven citation defects involving fabricated or misattributed quotations, incorrect statutory or rule text. The court admonished counsel to verify cited authorities and avoid repeating the citation defects.
- Court
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- Date
- 2026-03-02
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Counsel's motion contained seven citation defects involving fabricated or misattributed quotations, incorrect statutory or rule text.
- 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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