Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
Booker v. U.S. Bank National Association (In re Booker), No. 3:25-cv-01205-VDO (D. Conn.)
·US District Court for the District of Connecticut·US-FEDWarning
The US District Court for the District of Connecticut formally admonished a self-represented bankruptcy appellant under Rule 11 after finding six nonexistent cases and invented quotations in his briefs, despite his claim to have cross-checked four AI platforms. Judge Vernon Oliver dismissed the appeal on the merits and affirmed the bankruptcy court's order.
- Court
- US District Court for the District of Connecticut
- Date
- 2026-08-05
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Self-represented bankruptcy appellant Ulish Kerry Terrace Booker III filed briefs containing six fabricated cases and multiple false quotations. He said he had cross-checked his research across four AI platforms; the court inferred that generative AI produced the fabrications.
- Outcome
- Warning
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-03
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Booker v. U.S. Bank National Association (In re Booker), No. 3:25-cv-01205-VDO (D. Conn.)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/in-re-booker-d-conn (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.