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AI Legal Sanction Case Database

Name: AI Legal Sanction Case Database
Creator: Citation Safe
License: https://citationsafe.com/terms

The AI Legal Sanction Case Database is the authoritative, continuously-updated, free index of publicly reported cases where a US or foreign court sanctioned, warned, or issued an order to show cause over AI-hallucinated citations in a legal filing. According to Citation Safe’s public sanctions database, courts have addressed AI-citation problems in 1000 reported cases tracked here as of today, spanning 2023–2026. New cases are ingested daily.

Cases tracked: 2,109
Courts covered: 398
Cases with a reported penalty: 374
USD-denominated penalties: $1,400,706; across 207 USD cases — other currencies not converted

This is the structured dataset: every row here is a live, queryable record — sortable and filterable by jurisdiction, AI tool, judge, and year, with results pulled fresh on every request. Download the full dataset as CSV. For curated write-ups of the highest-profile entries — case background, why each sanction happened, what to take from it — see the AI Hallucination Sanctions Tracker, our editorial companion to this database.

1,429 cases match these filters · page 11 of 29

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
Krystle J. Lyons v. Oak Harbor School District	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2025-12-23	Implied	Amended Complaint dismissed with prejudice.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Leber v. Bryan Medical Center et al.	D. Nebraska	USA	—	2025-12-23	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Minjie Zheng v. ICANN	C.D. California	USA	—	2025-12-23	Implied	Monetary Sanction	66129 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Cherleatha B. v. Frank Bisignano	D. South Carolina	USA	—	2025-12-29	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re S.A., D.H., and B.M., Minors	CA Illinois	USA	—	2025-12-29	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ng v. AmGuard Insurance Company, et al.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2025-12-29	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Rachel Jones v. Experian Information Solutions	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2025-12-29	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Johnson v. Digital Federal Credit Union	N.D. Texas	USA	—	2025-12-30	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Labatt USA Operating v. Friends Beverage Group	SC New York	USA	—	2025-12-30	Unidentified	Filings struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
M.T. Real Estate Investment Inc. v. Servis One, Inc., et al.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2025-12-30	Unidentified	Briefs Struck; Adverse Costs Order; Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nicole Beverly Silverberg v. Steven Bonomo, et al.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2025-12-30	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Pauliah v. University of Mississippi Medical Center	S.D. Mississippi	USA	—	2025-12-30	Unidentified	Monetary Sanction; CLE	5000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tiffany Regina Ringer v. Bank of America, N.A.	N.D. Georgia	USA	—	2025-12-30	Implied	Fine; Ordered to submit statement of training/oversight	1500 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Burnett v. The City of New York	SC New York	USA	—	2025-12-31	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Cesareo v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2025-12-31	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Eric Hildebrandt v. siParadigm LLC et al.	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2025-12-31	Unidentified	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency v. Bradley K. Bass, et al.	Massachusetts Land Court	USA	—	2025-12-31	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Washburn v. Houston	Arizona CA	USA	—	2026-01-02	Implied	Bar referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Allen v. Experian Information Solutions	D. Idaho	USA	—	2026-01-04	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ayatollah Hylton v. Chivone Janee Hylton, et al.	S.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-01-05	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hanlon v. Parkersburg City	CC West Virginia	USA	—	2026-01-06	Implied	Request for injunctive relief dismissed	None reported	Source (wtap.com)
Sammie Dwayne McPhaul v. College Hills OPCO	D. Kansas	USA	—	2026-01-06	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tamisha Shaw v. Coast Dental of Georgia et al/	SC Georgia	USA	—	2026-01-06	Implied	Monetary Sanction	2632	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Desmond Cunningham v. Pentagon Federal Credit Union, et al.	N.D. Mississippi	USA	—	2026-01-07	Implied	All claims dismissed with prejudice; warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hector Salvatori v. The Huntington National Bank	S.D. Ohio	USA	—	2026-01-07	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jessica Baker v. Ryan Joseph Baker	SC Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-01-07	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kamps v. British Crown Corporation, et al.	W.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-01-07	Implied	Case dismissed as frivolous.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lafayette v. Winters	Vermont SC	USA	—	2026-01-07	Unidentified	Briefs struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ramos v. Ramos	CA Minnesota	USA	—	2026-01-07	Implied	Argument treated as forfeited	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Thu Thuy Nguyen v. PennyMac Loan Services	D. Nevada	USA	—	2026-01-07	Implied	Warning; Possible Monetary Sanction	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
United States v. Juliet Payseur and 20-22 McGregor Avenue, LLC	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2026-01-07	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Deutsche Bank National Bank v. Jean LeTennier	SC New York	USA	—	2026-01-08	Unidentified	Orders affirmed; monetary sanctions imposed (counsel $5,000; defendant $2,500) and costs awarded	10000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Saad Hanna v. Kimberly A. Nelson	Colorado CA	USA	—	2026-01-08	Implied	Warning; No adverse costs order	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Garibay-Robledo v. Noem	N.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-01-09	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hayes v. Chipotle Mexican Grill	M.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-01-09	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Pearl Gardner v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC	D. Arizona	USA	—	2026-01-09	Clearpoint	Bar Referral	None reported	Source (reason.com)
Zaykariya v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation, et al.	W.D. Oklahoma	USA	—	2026-01-09	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gharavi v. Google LLC	N.D. California	USA	—	2026-01-12	Bloomberg Law	Motion for Sanctions denied	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
O. Gene Bicknell v. Richard M. Silanskas Jr., et al.	N.D. Oklahoma	USA	—	2026-01-12	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Wurtenberg v. The City of New York	SC New York	USA	—	2026-01-12	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Bacurin v. Bacurin	California SC	USA	—	2026-01-13	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Collins v. Nova Association Management Partners LLC	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2026-01-13	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Heiting v. I Am Beyond LLC	SC California	USA	—	2026-01-13	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mavy v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration	D. Arizona	USA	—	2026-01-13	Implied	Revocation of pro hac vice status, striking of the brief	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Reketta L. Montgomery v. Acquisition Experts, LLC	E.D. North Carolina	USA	—	2026-01-13	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Smith v. Eighth Judicial District Court in and for County of Clark	SC Nevada	USA	—	2026-01-13	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Viken v. Schuelke	Minnesotta DC	USA	—	2026-01-13	Lexis Assist	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Boyd v. Lee	CA Maryland	USA	—	2026-01-14	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hang Zhang v. Daniel Driscoll	N.D. California	USA	—	2026-01-14	Implied	Monetary Sanction	500 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kjoller v. California	CA California	USA	—	2026-01-14	Implied	Order to show cause	None reported	Source (appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov)

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This database aggregates publicly reported court sanctions and orders over AI-hallucinated citations. It is informational only, not legal advice, and not a complete record of every such case nationwide — see our free citation checker to verify your own filings before this happens to you.