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United States v. Smith
·United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois·US-FEDPendingprovisional
The Northern District of Illinois denies Darren Smith’s § 2255 motion and issues a sanctions show-cause order. The court identifies a nonexistent Johnson case, false quotations from real cases, and nearly a dozen falsified cases or quotations, then orders Smith to explain why monetary sanctions should not issue.
- Court
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Date
- 2026-08-07
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Self-represented § 2255 movant submitted nearly a dozen false citations or quotations, including nonexistent United States v. Johnson.
- Outcome
- Pending
- 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, “United States v. Smith”, safelegalai.com/tracker/united-states-v-smith (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.