The Phantom Docket
Every AI-fabricated case citation we’ve verified
Each entry below is a specific, named case citation that does not exist — invented by an AI system and filed in a real court, then caught and documented in a real sanctions, warning, or order-to-show-cause ruling. We list only fabricated cases that the underlying sanctions record actually names; many more rulings describe unnamed “nonexistent citations” we chose not to guess names for. Currently 22 verified fabricated case names, sourced from Citation Safe’s sanctions database and sanctions tracker.
22 of 22 fabricated citations
- Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd.
U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y. (Hon. P. Kevin Castel) · cited in Mata v. Avianca, Inc.
- Shaboon v. Egyptair
U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y. (Hon. P. Kevin Castel) · cited in Mata v. Avianca, Inc.
- Petersen v. Iran Air
U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y. (Hon. P. Kevin Castel) · cited in Mata v. Avianca, Inc.
- Martinez v. Delta Airlines, Inc.
U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y. (Hon. P. Kevin Castel) · cited in Mata v. Avianca, Inc.
- Estate of Durden v. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y. (Hon. P. Kevin Castel) · cited in Mata v. Avianca, Inc.
- Miller v. United Airlines, Inc.
U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y. (Hon. P. Kevin Castel) · cited in Mata v. Avianca, Inc.
- Matter of Bourguignon v. Coordinated Behavioral Health Servs., Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · cited in Park v. Kim
- City of Columbus v. Edwards-Bosh v. Tri-County Toyota
Ohio state court (Tenth District, Franklin County, on appeal) · cited in Morgan v. Jones
- Ex parte Holloway
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · cited in Ex parte A.I.F.-H. f/k/a A.I.F.
- Stevens v. Paulson
U.S. District Court, D. Oregon · cited in Michael J. Cross v. PHH Mortgage Corporation, et al.
- Rogers v. Wells Fargo
U.S. District Court, N.D. Alabama · cited in Cornelia O. Barnes v. Frank Williams, et al.
- United States v. Tittsworth
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · cited in Gregory Ashley Moyer v. James V. Murray, et al.
- Mathews v. Ketchum
U.S. District Court, M.D. Florida · cited in Edwards v. De Cubas & Lewis, P.A.
- Gharbi v. Williams
U.S. District Court, M.D. Florida · cited in Edwards v. De Cubas & Lewis, P.A.
- Rodriguez v. Equifax Info. Servs.
U.S. District Court, W.D. Washington · cited in Jordan Slach v. City of Battle Ground
- Henderson v. CoreLogic Nat'l Background Data
U.S. District Court, W.D. Washington · cited in Jordan Slach v. City of Battle Ground
- ICICI Bank Ltd. v. Urban Infrastructure Real Estate Ltd.
Supreme Court of India · cited in Pooja Ramesh Singh v. Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd. & Anr.
- V.S. Dempo & Co. Ltd. v. Reliance Communications Ltd.
Supreme Court of India · cited in Pooja Ramesh Singh v. Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd. & Anr.
- Sarbjit Singh v. Union Bank of India
Supreme Court of India · cited in Pooja Ramesh Singh v. Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd. & Anr.
- Estate of Allen v. City of Chicago
U.S. District Court, S.D. Illinois · cited in John P. Chapman v. Officer Decker et al.
- Corrigan v. City of Scottsdale
U.S. District Court, E.D. Missouri · cited in Holmes v. Cape Meadows Apartments HRMS
- Prousalis v. Bert's Bikes & Fitness
U.S. District Court, M.D. Florida · cited in Julia Rose v. Arts Bonita, Inc., et al.
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This index aggregates fabricated case citations named in publicly reported court sanctions and warnings over AI-hallucinated legal filings. It is informational only, not legal advice, and not a complete record of every fabricated citation ever filed — only those a court's own ruling named explicitly. Corrections: /contact.