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Esterra Commons Venture, LLC dba Verde Esterra Park v. Justin Norton
·Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One·US-STATEWarningprovisional
Washington Court of Appeals, Division One on 2026-03-16 in Esterra Commons Venture, LLC dba Verde Esterra Park v. Justin Norton found the self-represented party's appellate brief contained four citation defects involving nonexistent authorities, fabricated or misattributed quotations, mischaracterized authority. The court warned the self-represented party to verify legal authorities before future filings.
- Court
- Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One
- Date
- 2026-03-16
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The self-represented party's appellate brief contained four citation defects involving nonexistent authorities, fabricated or misattributed quotations, mischaracterized authority.
- 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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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Esterra Commons Venture, LLC dba Verde Esterra Park v. Justin Norton”, safelegalai.com/tracker/esterra-commons-venture-llc-dba-verde-esterra-park-v-justin-norton (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.