Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
Nicholas and Barbara Moulder v. Davis School District (on behalf of M.M.)
·U.S. District Court for the District of Utah·US-FEDSanctionsprovisional
On 2026-03-23, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah required AI-related CLE and payment of $1,525.50 already agreed to reimburse fees for two nonexistent cases and a nonexistent quotation. Counsel submitted a brief with two false quotations and fabricated or nonexistent authorities.
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
- Date
- 2026-03-23
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The brief used two false quotations and fabricated or nonexistent authorities that the court found nonexistent, misquoted, or unsupported for the propositions asserted.
- Outcome
- Sanctions
- Penalty
- US$1,525
- 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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