Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
Morgan v. Community Against Violence, No. 1:23-cv-00353-WPJ/JMR (D.N.M.)
·US District Court, District of New Mexico·US-FEDWarning
In the District of New Mexico, Chief Judge William P. Johnson found that pro se plaintiff Sorchè Morgan cited several fake or nonexistent opinions in her response brief, issued a final warning that further nonexistent citations could bring sanctions including dismissal, and in January 2024 dismissed the case with prejudice after finding more hallucinated cases. No monetary penalty.
- Court
- US District Court, District of New Mexico
- Date
- 2023-10-23
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Pro se plaintiff Sorchè Morgan's response to a motion to dismiss cited several fake or nonexistent opinions, including a fabricated New Mexico case and four citations pointing to unrelated real cases. Chief Judge William P. Johnson warned that future nonexistent citations could bring striking, filing restrictions or dismissal; the case was dismissed with prejudice on Jan 19, 2024 after further hallucinated citations were found.
- Outcome
- Warning
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-04
Primary sources for this incident
- Morgan v. Community Against Violence, No. 23-cv-353-WPJ/JMR (D.N.M. Oct. 23, 2023), Memorandum Opinion and Order (Doc. 32) — govinfo.gov
- Morgan v. Community Against Violence, No. 23-cv-353-WPJ/JMR (D.N.M. Jan. 19, 2024), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting dismissal (Doc. 35) — govinfo.gov
- Morgan v. Community Against Violence, No. 23-cv-353-WPJ/JMR (D.N.M. Feb. 15, 2024), Order to show cause re filing restrictions (Doc. 41) — govinfo.gov
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Cite this record
SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Morgan v. Community Against Violence, No. 1:23-cv-00353-WPJ/JMR (D.N.M.)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/morgan-v-community-against-violence (accessed 2026-09-05). Data: CC BY 4.0.