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Nguy v. Jabil Inc.

·United States District Court for the Northern District of California·US-FEDWarningprovisional

On 2026-04-07, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California declined to sanction counsel after a corrected brief was filed, but warned all parties to verify the existence and accuracy of cited authorities. Counsel submitted an opposition brief with fabricated or nonexistent authorities.

Court
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Date
2026-04-07
Who used the AI
Lawyer
AI tool
Not identified in the record
Conduct
Attorney Elnaz Masoom’s original opposition to a sanctions motion contained one purported Eastern District of California case cited several times; Jabil called it fictitious and likely AI-generated, and Masoom filed a corrected opposition that removed all case citations.
Outcome
Warning
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
2026-09-08

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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Nguy v. Jabil Inc.”, safelegalai.com/tracker/thanh-nguy-v-jabil-inc (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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