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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
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)

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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.