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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 5 of 29

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
First Community Credit Union v. Ashley Smith	CA Wisconsin	USA	—	2026-07-30	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Harris v. Bank of America	N.D. Mississippi	USA	—	2026-07-30	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In the Interest of Q.C. and P.C., Children	CA Texas	USA	—	2026-07-30	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In the Interest of S.M.T. and S.J.T., Children	CA Texas	USA	—	2026-07-30	Implied	3 hours CLE	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nirav Modi v. Richard Levin, Trustee for the Liquidating Trust of Firestar Diamond, Inc.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-07-30	Unidentified	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Danielle Maloit v. Frank Daniel Maloit	D. Colorado	USA	—	2026-07-29	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Harding Place Multifamily Partners v. Samuel Robinson	CA Tennessee	USA	—	2026-07-29	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Shantell Robinson v. Oglala Sioux Tribe et al.	CA 10th Cir.	USA	—	2026-07-29	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Terence A. Gragston v. Amazon LLC	S.D. Ohio	USA	—	2026-07-29	Implied	Court issued a formal warning that future reliance on AI‑hallucinated caselaw will result in sanctions, including monetary penalties and possible dismissal with prejudice; no sanction was imposed at this time.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Alexander M. v. Frank Bisignano	D. Maine	USA	—	2026-07-28	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Campbell v. TidalHealth, Inc.	D. Maryland	USA	—	2026-07-28	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Grievance Administrator v. Mandy Pecher	Attorney Discipline Board (Michigan)	USA	—	2026-07-28	ChatGPT	Circuit Court denied the challenged motions and imposed $200 per motion in sanctions (total $800) for filing motions containing fabricated or unsupported authorities and barred further filings until sanctions were paid; Grievance Administrator filed a formal disciplinary complaint.	1	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Guedea v. Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, et al.	D. Nevada	USA	—	2026-07-28	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Michael L. Ruiz v. Magellan Financial & Insurance Services (1)	D. Arizona	USA	—	2026-07-28	Claude AI	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Michael L. Ruiz v. Magellan Financial & Insurance Services (2)	D. Arizona	USA	—	2026-07-28	Claude AI	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Owen v. Askew et al.	D. Oregon	USA	—	2026-07-28	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Scott v. Illinois Human Rights Comm’n	CA Illinois	USA	—	2026-07-28	ChatGPT	Monetary Fine; Bar Referral	15000 USD	Source (reason.com)
Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc., et al. v. Daniel J. Moos	N.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-07-28	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ally Bank v. Serge N. Ngouambe	CA Minnesota	USA	—	2026-07-27	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In the Matter of Brian E. Mitchell	USPTO	USA	—	2026-07-27	Unidentified	Public reprimand	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lichfield v. Kubler; Netflix, Inc.	CA 10th Cir.	USA	—	2026-07-27	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ponder v. BCG Equities, LLC	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-07-27	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Joann LeDoux v. Outliers, Inc. (1)	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2026-07-24	ChatGPT, Claude	Monetary Sanction	3000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Joann LeDoux v. Outliers, Inc.	W.D. Washington	USA	—	2026-07-24	ChatGPT, Claude	Monetary Sanction	3000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kimberly A. Graves v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company	E.D. California	USA	—	2026-07-24	Implied	Admonishment & Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Morgan Cole v. Hobby Town Unlimited, Inc.	C.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-07-24	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Catarina Almeida Porfirio v. Homeland Security, et al.	D. D.C.	USA	—	2026-07-23	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Garciduenas v. Matrix New World Engineering, Inc.	CA Arizona (1d)	USA	—	2026-07-23	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hagan v. Black Diamond Experts, LLC	D. Utah	USA	—	2026-07-23	Implied	Admonishment & Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mary C. Graves v. Brian K. Graves	CA Illinois (3d)	USA	—	2026-07-23	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Kardosh	E.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-07-23	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gideon J. Sipin v. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., et al.	N.D. Alabama	USA	—	2026-07-22	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Pamon v. United States Postal Service et al	N.D. Texas	USA	—	2026-07-22	Implied	Monetary Sanction	610 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Rodriguez v. Time Warner Entertainment	SC New York	USA	—	2026-07-22	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Rose Lannquist Gouldy v. Timothy M. Chiasson, et al.	CA Florida (4d)	USA	—	2026-07-22	Implied	Order to show cause to consider barring the pro se litigant from future filings	None reported	Source (reason.com)
Evans v. Robertson (4)	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-07-21	Implied	Briefs (both sides) struck	None reported	Source (reason.com)
Merritt v. Moore	CA Tennessee	USA	—	2026-07-21	Implied	Appeal dismissed and issues deemed waived in part because the brief contained inaccurate authorities	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Khan v. Howard County BAP	CA Maryland	USA	—	2026-07-20	Implied	Briefs partly struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Abybatou Mbow v. Officer Michael Mackert et al. (2)	D. Maryland	USA	—	2026-07-17	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Erik Arthur Otteson v. JPMorgan Chase Bank NA	D. Arizona	USA	—	2026-07-17	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ammann v. Markel Insurance Company	N.D. Ohio	USA	—	2026-07-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Cames et al. v. Lowe's Home Centers	M.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-07-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Chryshawna A. and Jeremy Webb v. Sullivan County Assessor	Tax Court Indiana	USA	—	2026-07-16	Implied	Admonishment & Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Bernardo Romero	7th Cir. CA	USA	—	2026-07-16	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Izzeddin Ahmed Abdulghaffar Daghra v. Steve Hinkley, et al.	W.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-07-16	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lohbeck v. CSL Plasma Inc.	E.D. California	USA	—	2026-07-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Shaddai Harris v. Iliac, LLC	CA Texas	USA	—	2026-07-16	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Arrieta v. Cervantes	CA Arizona	USA	—	2026-07-15	Implied	Adverse Costs Order	1	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Christine Thomas v. United States Department of Justice, et al.	E.D. North Carolina	USA	—	2026-07-15	Implied	Apologies	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Dineen/Shibata v. Kotchka	Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One	USA	—	2026-07-15	Unidentified	Court struck the inaccurate citations, ordered show-cause, and imposed sanctions: award of appellee's attorneys' fees and costs (under A.R.S. §12-349 and ARCAP 25) related to the hallucinated and misrepresented citations; appellate order affirmed.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)

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