Incident Tracker / United States (state)
In the Matter of Kevin A. Julien v. Danielle M. Arthur
·Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department·US-STATESanctionsprovisional
On 2026-05-27, in In the Matter of Kevin A. Julien v. Danielle M. Arthur, New York's Second Department imposed a $250 sanction on the self-represented appellant for a brief prepared with unverified generative AI. A self-represented appellant filed an appellate brief using unsupported or inaccurate legal authorities.
- Court
- Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department
- Date
- 2026-05-27
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- GenAI
- Conduct
- A self-represented appellant filed an appellate brief using unsupported or inaccurate legal authorities.
- Outcome
- Sanctions
- Penalty
- US$250
- 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, “In the Matter of Kevin A. Julien v. Danielle M. Arthur”, safelegalai.com/tracker/in-the-matter-of-kevin-a-julien-v-danielle-m-arthur (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.