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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: 1,902
Courts covered: 396
Cases with a reported penalty: 349
USD-denominated penalties: $1,290,986; across 191 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.

1,295 cases match these filters · page 6 of 26

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
Ader v Ader	SC New York	USA	—	2025-10-01	Unidentified	Costs Order; Referral to Bar Authorities	1	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gavin B. Davis v. Chief Officer Gina Faubion, et al.	W.D. Texas	USA	—	2025-10-01	Unidentified	Action dismissed with prejudice	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In the Interest of R.A.	CA Iowa	USA	—	2025-10-01	Unidentified	Brief struck; Monetary penalty OR two hours of AI-specific CLE; referral to Bar	150 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jackson v. United States DHS	D. Nevada	USA	—	2025-10-01	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
NewRez LLC v. Morton	SC New York	USA	—	2025-10-02	Implied	No sanction	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Robenson Lafontant v. Coolidge-CLK St. Germaine	E.D. Louisiana	USA	—	2025-10-02	Implied	Monetary Sanction; 1h of CLE; Referral	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
The People v. Raziel Ruiz Alvarez	CA California	USA	—	2025-10-02	Unidentified	Published order; monetary sanction payable by Counsel (who withdrew); State Bar notified	1500 USD	Source (reason.com)
Smith v. Athena Construction Group, Inc.	D. DC	USA	—	2025-10-03	Grammarly; ProWritingAid	Costs Order; Order to notify Bar	1	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tovar v. American Automatic Fire Suppression Inc.	SC California	USA	—	2025-10-03	implied	OSC/motion denied; no sanctions imposed.	None reported	Source (reason.com)
United States of America v. Lorenzio Reshaud Simmons	E.D. North Carolina	USA	—	2025-10-03	Unidentified	Warning; Allowed to file corrected brief	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Support Community v. MPH International	N.D. California	USA	—	2025-10-06	Unidentified	Order to refile motion without hallucinations; Counsel to send Order to Bar and client	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Thomas Dexter Jakes v. Duane Youngblood	W.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2025-10-06	Implied	Monetary Sanction; Pro Hac Vice status revoked	5000 USD	Source (reason.com)
Douglas Stuart Queen v. Kansas City et al.	D. Kansas	USA	—	2025-10-07	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In the Matter of Stephen C.	CBCA	USA	—	2025-10-07	Unidentified	Claim denied; reimbursement of moving costs denied.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jose Villavicencio v. Judge Stephanie Mingo	S.D. Ohio	USA	—	2025-10-07	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lipe v. Albuquerque Public Schools (2)	D. New Mexico	USA	—	2025-10-08	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Souders v. Lazor	CA Ohio	USA	—	2025-10-08	Implied	Court rejected reliance on the cited authorities	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
David R. Pete v. United States Department of Justice, et al.	E.D. Texas	USA	—	2025-10-10	Unidentified	Magistrate Judge's recommendation adopted; in forma pauperis denied; plaintiff ordered to pay $405 filing fee within 10 days or the case will be dismissed.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Roy J. Oneto v. Melvin Watson, et al.	N.D. California	USA	—	2025-10-10	Implied	Monetary Sanction, Order to notify client, complete CLE, and Bar informed	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
United States v. Glennie Antonio McGee	S.D. Alabama	USA	—	2025-10-10	Ghostwriter Legal	Public reprimand, referral and order to notify jurisdictions; monetary sanction	5000	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Habib Miah v. Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC, et al.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2025-10-11	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Robert Allen Reed et al. v. Community Health Care et al.	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2025-10-14	implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Charles C. Force v. Capital One, N.A., et al.	M.D. Florida	USA	—	2025-10-15	Implied	Filings stricken; Show Cause Order	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nima Ghadimi v. Arizona Bank & Trust, et al.	D. Arizona	USA	—	2025-10-15	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Polinski v. USA	Court of Federal Claims	USA	—	2025-10-15	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Yasiel Puig Valdes v. All3Media America, LLC, et al.	SCA California (Los Angeles)	USA	—	2025-10-15	ChatGPT	Referral	None reported	Source (reason.com)
Conrad Smith et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al.	D. DC	USA	—	2025-10-16	Implied	Show Cause Order	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Serafin v. United States Department of State, et al.	E.D. Missouri	USA	—	2025-10-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Artur Sargsyan v. Amazon.com Inc.	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2025-10-17	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mitchell Taylor Button et al. v. John Jimison (1)	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2025-10-17	Implied	Order include signed certification	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mundy v. Clickstop, Inc.	DC Nebraska	USA	—	2025-10-17	Unidentified	Brief struck; Cert requirement; Monetary sanction; Bar Referral	2000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Tippecanoe County Assessor v. Craig Goergen	Indiana Tax Court	USA	—	2025-10-17	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Twyla Leach Minnesota DHS et al.	D. Minnesota	USA	—	2025-10-17	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mitchell Taylor Button & Dusty Button v. Juliet Doherty et al.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2025-10-18	Implied	Certification requirement for future AI-assisted filings.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Megan Cowden v. US Treasury & IRS	E.D. Missouri	USA	—	2025-10-20	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Arch Insurance Company v. A3 Development, LLC	S.D. Florida	USA	—	2025-10-21	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Leila Kasso v. Police Officers’ Federation of Minneapolis	D. Minnesota	USA	—	2025-10-21	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Rimu Capital Ltd. v. Ader et al.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2025-10-21	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	No source on file
Thomas Joseph Goddard v. Sares-Regis Group, Inc., et al.	N.D. California	USA	—	2025-10-21	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Alexandria Jones v. DC Office of Unified Communications	D. DC	USA	—	2025-10-22	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Corey v. Kenneh	SC North Dakota	USA	—	2025-10-22	Implied	Affirmed sanctions from lower court	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
FCA US LLC v. Stan Steele/Steele Services	National Arbitration Forum (UDRP)	USA	—	2025-10-22	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Guardian Piazza D'Oro LLC v. Ward Ozaeta	CA California	USA	—	2025-10-22	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Bittrex	D. Delaware	USA	—	2025-10-22	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
John Weaver v. Shasta Services	W.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2025-10-22	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mattox v. Product Innovation Research	E.D. Oklahoma	USA	—	2025-10-22	ChatGPT	Pleadings struck; public reprimands; monetary sanctions; remedial filing and certification requirements	28495 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
N-BAR Trade v. Amazon	D. DC	USA	—	2025-10-22	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Pete v. Facebook Meta Platforms	E.D. Texas	USA	—	2025-10-22	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Richard M. Zelma v. Wonder Group Inc.	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2025-10-22	Unidentified	Sanctions deferred	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
University Mall v. Okorie et al.	S.D. Mississippi	USA	—	2025-10-22	Unidentified	Civil contempt	1	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.