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Mid Central Operating Engineers Health and Welfare Fund v. HoosierVac LLC, No. 2:24-cv-00326-JPH-MJD (S.D. Ind.)
·US District Court, Southern District of Indiana (Terre Haute Division)·US-FEDSanctions
In the Southern District of Indiana, Magistrate Judge Mark J. Dinsmore recommended a $15,000 Rule 11 sanction against attorney Rafael Ramirez for three briefs citing non-existent AI-generated cases and referred him to the Chief Judge; on 28 May 2025 the district judge adopted the recommendation in part, reducing the sanction to $6,000.
- Court
- US District Court, Southern District of Indiana (Terre Haute Division)
- Date
- 2025-05-28
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Defence counsel Rafael Ramirez filed three briefs (Dkts. 39, 52, 65) citing cases that do not exist, admitting at a show-cause hearing that he relied on generative AI tools without verifying the citations. Magistrate Judge Mark J. Dinsmore recommended a $15,000 Rule 11 sanction on 21 February 2025 and referred him to the Chief Judge; the district judge adopted the recommendation in part on 28 May 2025, imposing $6,000.
- Outcome
- Sanctions
- Penalty
- US$6,000
- Regulatory outcome
- Chief Judge, S.D. Ind. (Local Rule of Disciplinary Enforcement 2(a)); onward reference to the Indiana attorney disciplinary commission per Dkt. 103: Referred for consideration of further discipline; outcome of disciplinary reference not confirmed (2025-02-21)
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-04
Primary sources for this incident
- Mid Central Operating Engineers Health & Welfare Fund v. HoosierVac LLC, No. 2:24-cv-00326 (S.D. Ind. May 28, 2025), Order on Report and Recommendation (Dkt. 121) — govinfo.gov
- Mid Central Operating Engineers Health & Welfare Fund v. HoosierVac LLC, No. 2:24-cv-00326 (S.D. Ind. Feb. 21, 2025), Report and Recommendation (Dkt. 99) — govinfo.gov
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Mid Central Operating Engineers Health and Welfare Fund v. HoosierVac LLC, No. 2:24-cv-00326-JPH-MJD (S.D. Ind.)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/mid-central-operating-engineers-v-hoosiervac (accessed 2026-09-05). Data: CC BY 4.0.