Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
Thomas v. Pangburn, No. 4:23-cv-00046-RSB-CLR (CV423-046) (S.D. Ga.)
·US District Court, Southern District of Georgia (Savannah Division)·US-FEDDismissal
In the Southern District of Georgia, Magistrate Judge Christopher L. Ray found that pro se plaintiff Jerry Thomas cited ten nonexistent cases and never explained their origin, recommended dismissal of his amended complaint as a Rule 11(b) sanction while declining monetary sanctions; District Judge R. Stan Baker adopted the recommendation on January 29, 2024.
- Court
- US District Court, Southern District of Georgia (Savannah Division)
- Date
- 2023-10-06
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Pro se plaintiff Jerry Thomas's filings cited ten cases that did not exist but were formatted to look legitimate; after two show-cause orders he apologised but never explained their origin. Magistrate Judge Christopher L. Ray found bad faith and recommended dismissal of the amended complaint as a Rule 11(b) sanction (in addition to judicial immunity), declining monetary sanctions; District Judge R. Stan Baker adopted the recommendation on Jan 29, 2024.
- Outcome
- Dismissal
- 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
- Thomas v. Pangburn, No. CV423-046 (S.D. Ga. Oct. 6, 2023), Order and Report and Recommendation (Doc. 59) — storage.courtlistener.com
- Thomas v. Pangburn, No. 4:23-cv-46 (S.D. Ga. Jan. 29, 2024), Order adopting R&R and dismissing (Doc. 64) — storage.courtlistener.com
- Thomas v. Pangburn, 4:23-cv-00046 (S.D. Ga.), docket — courtlistener.com
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Thomas v. Pangburn, No. 4:23-cv-00046-RSB-CLR (CV423-046) (S.D. Ga.)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/thomas-v-pangburn (accessed 2026-09-05). Data: CC BY 4.0.