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Parnell v. Florida Department of Corrections, No. 25-11166 (11th Cir.)
·US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit·US-FEDRegulatory referral
On the same day as Akerlund v. Atlas Air, another panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment against a prison employee and referred his lawyer for discipline after a reply brief cited two nonexistent cases and five invented quotations. The court noted Florida's new Rule 2.515(d)(2) certification requirement for cited authorities.
- Court
- US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Date
- 2026-07-10
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Attorney Dufirstson J. Neree's reply brief cited two nonexistent opinions and at least five fabricated quotations attributed to Eleventh Circuit cases. Ordered to file supplemental briefing, he offered no explanation. The court struck the reply brief in part and granted the department's sanctions motion with costs.
- Outcome
- Regulatory referral
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- Eleventh Circuit Committee on Lawyer Qualifications and Conduct: Counsel referred to the Committee on Lawyer Qualifications and Conduct. No disposition on record. (2026-07-10)
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-03
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Parnell v. Florida Department of Corrections, No. 25-11166 (11th Cir.)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/parnell-v-florida-doc (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.