Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
James v. Conley, No. 1:23-cv-24467 (S.D. Fla.)
·US District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Magistrate Judge Elfenbein, report and recommendation)·US-FEDPending
In the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, a magistrate judge found that plaintiff's Fifth Amended Complaint pleaded nonexistent police-training publications that counsel conceded were AI hallucinations. The report recommended denying the defendants' Rule 11 motion on safe-harbour grounds but referring the signing attorneys to the court's attorney-grievance committee; the district judge's ruling is pending.
- Court
- US District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Magistrate Judge Elfenbein, report and recommendation)
- Date
- 2026-08-27
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The Fifth Amended Complaint pleaded nonexistent International Association of Chiefs of Police 'Training Keys' that plaintiff's counsel conceded were AI hallucinations. The magistrate judge recommended denying the defendants' Rule 11 motion on safe-harbour grounds but recommended referring the signing attorneys to the court's Ad Hoc Committee on Attorney Admissions, Peer Review and Attorney Grievance.
- Outcome
- Pending
- 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, “James v. Conley, No. 1:23-cv-24467 (S.D. Fla.)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/james-v-conley (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.