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Kelly Bartholomew v. Public Utility Commission of Oregon
·Oregon Court of Appeals·US-STATEDismissalprovisional
On 2026-04-06, Oregon Court of Appeals dismissed the judicial-review petition after the petitioner failed to explain fabricated AI-sourced citations in her opening brief and show-cause response. A self-represented party submitted a petition with 10 fabricated or nonexistent authorities, including Ass’n v. Washington County, 309 Or App 112, 124-25, 482 P3d 827.
- Court
- Oregon Court of Appeals
- Date
- 2026-04-06
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The petition used 10 fabricated or nonexistent authorities, including Ass’n v. Washington County, 309 Or App 112, 124-25, 482 P3d 827, which the court found nonexistent, misquoted, or unsupported.
- Outcome
- Dismissal
- 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, “Kelly Bartholomew v. Public Utility Commission of Oregon”, safelegalai.com/tracker/kelly-bartholomew-v-public-utility-commission-of-oregon (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.