Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
That Xiong v. Minga Wofford
·United States District Court for the Eastern District of California·US-FEDOtherprovisional
On 2026-05-21, in That Xiong v. Minga Wofford, the Eastern District of California declined sanctions in light of remedial steps but required counsel to verify all future case and record citations. Counsel cited G.A.A. v. Chestnut, No. 1:25-cv-01102-EPG, 2025 WL 3030589 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 21, 2025) even though the court found the authority did not exist.
- Court
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
- Date
- 2026-05-21
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- ChatGPT
- Conduct
- Counsel cited G.A.A. v. Chestnut, No. 1:25-cv-01102-EPG, 2025 WL 3030589 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 21, 2025) even though the court found the authority did not exist.
- Outcome
- Other
- 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
- 2026-09-07
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “That Xiong v. Minga Wofford”, safelegalai.com/tracker/that-xiong-v-minga-wofford (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.