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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 12 of 29

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
Lindalbeth Lopez Hernandez v. Leanna Lundy	E.D. California	USA	—	2026-01-14	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Saber v. Navy Federal Credit Union	SC Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-01-14	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Suday v. Suday	CA Texas	USA	—	2026-01-14	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Corst v. Mushailov	CC New York	USA	—	2026-01-15	Implied	Apology from Counsel	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
James Fahey v. Wally’s Las Vegas, LLC, et al.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2026-01-15	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kisha Peters v. Banner Health	S.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-01-15	ChatGPT	Recommended Dismissal with Prejudice	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc., et al. v. Indiana Import, LLC, et al.	S.D. Indiana	USA	—	2026-01-15	Implied	Warning; Order to retain local counsel	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Re: IMO the Estate of Joseph L. Weddington	Delaware Ch.	USA	—	2026-01-15	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Alzado-Lotz v. Bock	D. Colorado	USA	—	2026-01-16	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hodges v. Meridian Waste & Rieske v. AFS	M.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-01-16	Unidentified	Adverse costs order; requirement to speak to bar associations or law students about experience	7000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Osborne Properties Limited Partnership v. Fartun Abdullahi Mohamed et al.	DC Minnesotta	USA	—	2026-01-16	Implied	Citations Struck; Monetary Sanctions; Bar Referral	5000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Rev. Heidi Grossman Lepp v. Conrad Mallett, Jr., et al.	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-01-16	OpenAI ChatGPT-4o	Arguments ignored	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Riverchase v. Paula Goldwyn	CA Kansas	USA	—	2026-01-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Robby Mendez v. City of Topeka, et al.	D. Kansas	USA	—	2026-01-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Steven E. Hobbs, Sr. v. Igor Goncharko, et al. (2)	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-01-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tafah et al. v. Lake Village Townhomes et al.	D. Maryland	USA	—	2026-01-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tiffany K. v. Commissioner of Social Security	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-01-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
X. v. Canada	D. DC	USA	—	2026-01-16	Implied	Adverse Costs order	None reported	No source on file
Mary Stephens v. Helena-West Helena School District	E.D. Arkansas	USA	—	2026-01-20	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mitchell Taylor Button et al. v. John Jimison (2)	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2026-01-20	Implied	Struck filings	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Oluronke Briana Adusei v. Colleen Auer, et al.	D. Arizona	USA	—	2026-01-20	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Peter J. Allsot v. Naseem Latif	M.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-01-20	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Yue v. Reaction Labs, LLC	W.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-01-20	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kaufman v. Upton	D. Massachusetts	USA	—	2026-01-21	Implied	Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Solomon A. Jones v. Kankakee County Sheriff's Department, et al.	7th Cir. CA	USA	—	2026-01-21	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Volesky v. Department of Child Safety	CA Arizona	USA	—	2026-01-21	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
William Parker v. Patrick "Pat" Labat, et al.	N.D. Georgia	USA	—	2026-01-21	Unidentified	CLE; Sworn statement	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Avalon Holdings Corp. v. Guy Gentile	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-01-22	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
McNeal v. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555; Safeway, Inc.	D. Oregon	USA	—	2026-01-22	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sidni Campbell v. John Campbell, Jr.	CA Texas	USA	—	2026-01-22	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
That Xiong v. Minga Wofford (1)	E.D. California	USA	—	2026-01-22	ChatGPT	Order to inform client and staff of errors	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tolbert v. State	CA Georgia	USA	—	2026-01-22	Implied	Counsel to serve opinion on client and State Bar; CLE; Bar referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ann K. Cady, Beth L. Corning, and Caron G. Roesler v. Matthew C. O'Malley	CA Wisconsin	USA	—	2026-01-23	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Dennis Thornton v. Flathead County, et al.	D. Montana	USA	—	2026-01-23	Implied	Order to file conventional hard-copy source documents for every cited authority	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Femhealth USA Carafem v. Rickey Nelson Williams	M.D. Tennessee	USA	—	2026-01-23	Implied	Arguments Struck; Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Future Field Solutions, LLC v. Van Norstrand	D. Maryland	USA	—	2026-01-23	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Future Field Solutions v. Nordstrand	D. Maryland	USA	—	2026-01-23	Implied	No Sanctions at this time	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mykhal Lloyd Polite v. TitleMax of Arizona	D. Arizona	USA	—	2026-01-23	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
United States v. Michael Shane DeBaere (2)	W.D. Virginia	USA	—	2026-01-23	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Farag v. Persante et al	M.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-01-26	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lifetime Well LLC v. IBSpot.com Inc.	E.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-01-26	Lexis+ AI; LexisNexis Protégé	Monetary Sanction; Order to share opinion with Professional Association	4000	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
MacroCharts Research LLC v. Tony Chou	N.D. California	USA	—	2026-01-26	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ralph J. Massetti, Jr. v. Greenspring Capital Management, LLC, et al.	S.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-01-26	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Brian Bailey v. Hon. Clark A. Ritchie, et al.	W.D. Virginia	USA	—	2026-01-27	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Cassata v. Michael Macrina Architect, P.C.	SC New York	USA	—	2026-01-27	Implied	Monetary Sanction; Brief struck	10000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ihor Chopko v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company	CA Arizona	USA	—	2026-01-27	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nelson Henry v. Joseph Iannone and James Deacetis	S.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-01-27	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Abybatou Mbow v. Officer Michael Mackert et al. (1)	D. Maryland	USA	—	2026-01-28	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hardy v. Genesee County Community Action Resource Department, et al. (1)	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-01-28	Implied	Two reply briefs stricken; warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Life Together Coaching, LLC	GAO	USA	—	2026-01-28	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)

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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.