Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
Kim Elizabeth Harwell v. WestCare Nevada, Inc.
·United States District Court for the District of Nevada·US-FEDWarningprovisional
District of Nevada on 2026-03-06 in Kim Elizabeth Harwell v. WestCare Nevada, Inc. found the self-represented party's brief contained one citation defect, including Saila v. Circle, involving nonexistent authorities, mischaracterized authority. The court warned the self-represented party to verify legal authorities before future filings.
- Court
- United States District Court for the District of Nevada
- Date
- 2026-03-06
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- ChatGPT
- Conduct
- The self-represented party's brief contained one citation defect, including Saila v. Circle, involving nonexistent authorities, mischaracterized authority.
- Outcome
- Warning
- 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, “Kim Elizabeth Harwell v. WestCare Nevada, Inc.”, safelegalai.com/tracker/kim-elizabeth-harwell-v-westcare-nevada-inc (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.