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Meriland Keith Dillard v. CBS Studios, Inc.
·United States District Court for the Central District of California·US-FEDDismissalprovisional
Central District of California on 2026-03-16 found the self-represented party's brief contained three citation defects, including Jorgensen v. CBS, Inc., 728 F.2d 958 (8th Cir. 1984), Lamon v. Godbolt, 2015 WL 13647670 (C.D..... The court denied the stay motion, granted CBS's motion to dismiss without leave to amend, and terminated the case.
- Court
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
- Date
- 2026-03-16
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The self-represented party's brief contained three citation defects, including Jorgensen v. CBS, Inc., 728 F.2d 958 (8th Cir. 1984), Lamon v. Godbolt, 2015 WL 13647670 (C.D. Cal. Mar. 30, 2015) and Twombly/idqal + Three Bays, involving nonexistent authorities, mischaracterized authority.
- 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, “Meriland Keith Dillard v. CBS Studios, Inc.”, safelegalai.com/tracker/meriland-keith-dillard-v-cbs-studios-inc (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.