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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 18 of 29

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
United States v. Farris	6th Cir. CA	USA	—	2026-04-03	Westlaw CoCounsel	Counsel disqualified with no compensation for time served; Briefs locked; Bar Referral; Notice of Opinion	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ward v. Amazon.com Services LLC	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2026-04-03	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gamez v. County of Fresno	E.D. California	USA	—	2026-04-06	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hardy v. Genesee County Community Action Resource Department, et al. (2)	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-04-06	Unidentified	Brief Struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re: Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level PAP, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Liability Litigation (Gravelyn)	J.P.M.L.	USA	—	2026-04-06	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
James Jordan v. USA, Clinicas Del Camino Real, Inc., et al.	C.D. California	USA	—	2026-04-06	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kelly Bartholomew v. Public Utility Commission of Oregon	CA Oregon	USA	—	2026-04-06	Unidentified	Judicial review dismissed due to submission of fabricated case citations	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Viral Bhagat v. Anuja Sharad Shah	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-04-06	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Wendy Wolkenstein and Rebecca Knepp v. Dan Heinrich and Samual Tillery	D. Nevada	USA	—	2026-04-06	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Blackburn v. United States	W.D. Oklahoma	USA	—	2026-04-07	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nancy Parkinson v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review	Cmwlth Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-04-07	Implied	Affirmed	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sims v. Souily-Lefave (1)	D. Nevada	USA	—	2026-04-07	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Thanh Nguy v. Jabil Inc.	N.D. California	USA	—	2026-04-07	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
James C. Young; Tahnee R. Young v. Happy Money	8th Cir. CA (Bankruptcy)	USA	—	2026-04-08	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Joseph C. Zoghaib v. Societe Generale De Banque Au Liban, et al.	S.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-04-08	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Pleasant v. Burns	N.D. Alabama	USA	—	2026-04-08	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ifeoma Delliane Chinedu Obi v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. (1)	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-04-09	Unidentified	Brief Struck; Monetary Sanction	4999 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Troylond Malon Wise	W.D. Louisiana (Bankruptcy)	USA	—	2026-04-09	Unidentified	Monetary sanction; CLE on AI; barred until compliance; Brief struck	2750 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Robert S. Hulvat v. Juli Gumina, STG Divorce Law, and Jennifer B. Hulvat	CA Illinois (3d)	USA	—	2026-04-09	Unidentified	Monetary Sanction	3178 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Bruno Roberto Rodriguez v. Kathryn Louise Rodriguez	CA Florida (6d)	USA	—	2026-04-10	Unidentified	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Steven Nemec v. Kelsey Kanoelani Alao and Alyssa Jade Alao	D. Oregon	USA	—	2026-04-10	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Allen v. Hunt	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-04-13	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
State of Ohio v. Abdullah M. Alqahtani	3d Dist	USA	—	2026-04-13	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Brian Smith v. TD Auto Finance LLC, et al.	N.D. Mississippi	USA	—	2026-04-14	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Cynthia White v. Walmart, Inc.	S.D. Indiana	USA	—	2026-04-14	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Michael T-Alexander v. Michelle Baass et al.	CA California (6d)	USA	—	2026-04-14	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Shaw v. City of Portola, et al.	E.D. California	USA	—	2026-04-14	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Zand v. Sukumar	CA California (1d)	USA	—	2026-04-14	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Fofanah v. Rockwall Rental Properties	CA Texas (5d)	USA	—	2026-04-15	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Matter of: LOGMET LLC, B-423066.2	GAO	USA	—	2026-04-15	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nelson v. Derry	Minnesota	USA	—	2026-04-15	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Stance Strong and Kinisha Strong v. Zubha Pop Foods LLC d/b/a Popeyes Chicken	CA Illinois (1d)	USA	—	2026-04-15	Centient AI	Brief Struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jamie Lee Saunders v. Albertsons/Safeway, LLC	D. Colorado	USA	—	2026-04-16	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Robert Harris v. Elementis Specialties, Inc.	C.D. California	USA	—	2026-04-17	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Prince Global Holdings Limited, et al.	S.D. New York (Bankruptcy)	USA	—	2026-04-18	Unidentified	Firm apologised	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Arthur West v. Lower Duwamish Waterway Group	CA Washington	USA	—	2026-04-20	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Bridgett Watson Adams, et al. v. 3M Company	N.D. Alabama	USA	—	2026-04-20	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Bunce v. Visual Technology Innovations (2)	E.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-04-20	Unidentified	Monetary Sanction, Additional CLE	5000 USD	Source (reason.com)
In re: María V. Irizarry Centeno; Anissa M. Bonilla Irizarry	TS Puerto Rico	USA	—	2026-04-21	Implied	Admonishment	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jurkowski v. Berkowitz	SC DC	USA	—	2026-04-21	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Alishia Monique Jones v. Ahmed Taylor, et al.	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-04-22	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Carol L. Williams v. Tracy Honl	CA Oregon	USA	—	2026-04-22	Unidentified	Brief Struck; Adverse Costs Order	8044 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Daniel D’Agostino v. Circle K Stores Incorporated, et al.	D. Arizona	USA	—	2026-04-22	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re the Marriage of Joanne Rodrigues and Nathan Craig	CA California (6d)	USA	—	2026-04-22	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Krista C. Geddes v. LoanCare, LLC, et al.	E.D. California	USA	—	2026-04-22	Implied	Monetary Sanction; Bar Referral	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Meyer v. Castroville State Bank	Texas Court of Appeals (4th Dist.)	USA	—	2026-04-22	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Primerica Life Insurance Company v. Daniel Vett Finlayson; Michelle Johnson	D. Utah	USA	—	2026-04-22	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Yanling Zhang v. Yanhui Zhang	SC Nevada	USA	—	2026-04-22	Implied	Monetary Fine; Bar Referral; Refusal to file corrected brief	250 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Fatima Meziane v. Abdelouahab Aitouche	CA Maryland	USA	—	2026-04-23	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gunter v. Contango ORE, Inc., et al.	D. Alaska	USA	—	2026-04-23	Implied	Admonishment	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.