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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 12 of 26

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
Albert Taylor v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, et al.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2026-03-13	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
DSME Construction Co., Ltd.	ASBCA	USA	—	2026-03-13	Implied	Brief struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
John A. Griffiths	Arizona State Bar	USA	—	2026-03-13	Eve.legal	Reprimand and order to pay State Bar costs and expenses of $1,200.	1200 USD	No source on file
Whiting v. City of Athens, Tenn.	6th Cir. CA	USA	—	2026-03-13	Implied	Adverse Costs Order; Monetary Sanction; Potential disciplinary proceedings	30000 USD	Source (reason.com)
Donaghy v. Zoning Bd. of Review of the Town of North Kingstown	SC Rhode Island	USA	—	2026-03-12	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hartmann v. Davidson	N.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-03-12	Unidentified	Dismissed	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Scott Mitchell Obeginski	CA Texas (9th)	USA	—	2026-03-12	Implied	Order to attach copies of cited authorities affirmed	None reported	Source (reason.com)
Suiter v. GM - General Motors, LLC	W.D. Virginia	USA	—	2026-03-12	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Bolden v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co (In re: Eric Chibueze Nwaubani)	CA Fourth Circuit	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Public admonishment	None reported	Source (reason.com)
Checks Aciek Ateny Nai v. National Asset Mortgage, LLC, et al.	W.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Order to Show Cause satisfied; court declined to impose Rule 11 sanctions.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Dillon v. Myles Stephenson, et al.	W.D. Oklahoma	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Donte McClellon v. E. Rickard, Warden of FCI Otisville, et al.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kateryna Maslovska v. Ekaterina Shigabetdinova	AC Illinois	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Warning (both parties)	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Samantha Roussell v. The Bank of New York Mellon	CA Florida	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Traver v. General Motors Financial Company Inc., et al.	D. Massachusetts	USA	—	2026-03-11	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
A.K. v. M.R.	CA Indiana	USA	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Arno Kuigoua v. Adam Michael Sacks	CA California (2nd)	USA	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Brown v. State of Mississippi	CA Mississippi	USA	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Cartagena v. Dixon, Blackburn, and T.A. Blackburn Law (1)	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-03-10	Protégé (LexisNexis)	Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Helen Allen v. Cass Casper and Disparti Law Group	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Monetary Sanction	1500 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re A.R. and N.R., Minors	AC Illinois	USA	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Michael Platt v. Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana	S.D. Indiana	USA	—	2026-03-10	Implied	Brief Struck, Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
M7 Indústria e Comércio de Compensados e Laminados v. U.S. Structural Plywood Integrity Coalition, et al.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-03-09	Implied	Order to show cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Slay v. Ross	CA Georgia	USA	—	2026-03-09	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Andre Lamont Goddard, Jr. v. City University of Seattle	D. DC	USA	—	2026-03-06	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Dewayne Clark v. CoreCivic	W.D. Oklahoma	USA	—	2026-03-06	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gregory J. Van Etten v. Stephanie K. Fattman, et al.	D. Massachusetts	USA	—	2026-03-06	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hatch v. College Ave Student Loans	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-03-06	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kattom v. Bondi	W.D. Louisiana	USA	—	2026-03-06	ChatGPT	Monetary sanction	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kim Elizabeth Harwell v. WestCare Nevada, Inc.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2026-03-06	ChatGPT	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Zack Jones v. Target Corporation	D. Oregon	USA	—	2026-03-06	Implied	Recommended granting terminating sanctions and dismissal of the case	None reported	No source on file
In the Matter of the Estate of Kuerschner	CA Arizona	USA	—	2026-03-05	Implied	Adverse Costs Order	1	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Joan Pablo Torres Campos v. Leslie Ann Munoz	CA California	USA	—	2026-03-05	Unidentified	Monetary sanction; Bar referral	5000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lawand Hill v. Sloppy Vinyl, LLC, et al.	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2026-03-05	Implied	Motion to dismiss granted; warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Woodward Harbor L.L.C., et al. v. City of Mandeville	E.D. Louisiana	USA	—	2026-03-05	Implied	Monetary Sanction; CLE	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jeri'yah Ford v. Troy City School District, et al.	N.D. New York	USA	—	2026-03-04	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Medal v. Amazon.com Services, LLC	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2026-03-04	Unidentified	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ryan Adam Dixon v. MultiCare Health System (1)	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2026-03-04	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Lusine Hakhverdyan	C.D. California (Bankruptcy)	USA	—	2026-03-03	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In the Matter of the Estate of CAROL M. CAREY	CA Washington	USA	—	2026-03-03	Implied	Adverse Costs Order	1 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Derence V. Fivehouse v. United States Department of Defense et al.	E.D. North Carolina	USA	—	2026-03-02	Implied	Reprimand	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Fabian Antonio Thomas v. Officer Skylar Sillivent, et al.	E.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-03-02	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hardy v. Whitaker	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-03-02	Implied	Plaintiff's amended complaint dismissed with prejudice	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Put A Bird On It, LLC v. Seattle Arena Holdings, LLC	CA Washington	USA	—	2026-03-02	Unidentified	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Horton v. Colvin	CA Alabama	USA	—	2026-02-27	Implied	Affirmed in part; reversed in part; remanded (libel claim as to “meth house” reversed for further proceedings).	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In the Matter of the Estate of Arturo Lopez	CA Arizona	USA	—	2026-02-27	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
David Thomas v. The Quikrete Companies, LLC	W.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-02-26	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Estate of Khallid Muhammad et al v. Tupac Shakur Estate et al	C.D. California	USA	—	2026-02-26	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hicks v. City of Albany	CA Georgia	USA	—	2026-02-26	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Perry v. Exeter Finance LLC	D. Arizona	USA	—	2026-02-26	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.