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Kattom v. Bondi
·United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana·US-FEDFineprovisional
Western District of Louisiana on 2026-03-06 in Kattom v. Bondi found counsel's motion contained two citation defects involving fabricated or misattributed quotations, incorrect statutory or rule text. The court ordered counsel to pay $1,000 for the defective authorities and complete corrective CLE.
- Court
- United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- Date
- 2026-03-06
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- ChatGPT
- Conduct
- Counsel's motion contained two citation defects involving fabricated or misattributed quotations, incorrect statutory or rule text.
- Outcome
- Fine
- Penalty
- US$1,000
- 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, “Kattom v. Bondi”, safelegalai.com/tracker/kattom-v-bondi (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.