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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 7 of 26

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
Brandy Dorsey v. Walter Livramento, III	CA Maryland	USA	—	2026-05-20	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Curtin v. Watts, et al.	M.D. North Carolina	USA	—	2026-05-20	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Davis v. Marion County Juvenile Detention Center	S.D. Indiana	USA	—	2026-05-20	Fastcase	Monetary Sanction	2000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Downing v. Dwayne Brown, et al.	11th Cir. CA	USA	—	2026-05-20	Implied	Brief partly struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re Nicholia Cherry-Crockette	D. New Jersey (Bankruptcy)	USA	—	2026-05-20	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sherwood v. County of Botetourt, Virginia, et al.	W.D. Virginia	USA	—	2026-05-20	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Chakma v. Sushi Katsuei, Inc.	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-05-19	LexisNexis AI	Monetary Sanction	2712 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
REDACTED v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	D. Oregon	USA	—	2026-05-19	Implied	Allowed to correct filing	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Syreeta LaShawn McNeal v. Vera L. Calvin, et al.	E.D. Missouri	USA	—	2026-05-19	Implied	Order to provide certification with every future filing	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Estate of Claxton	CA Arizona	USA	—	2026-05-18	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Harris v. St. Peter Investors, LLC et al.	D. Minnesotta	USA	—	2026-05-18	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Herbert Brooks v. Lowes Home Centers LLC	W.D. Louisiana	USA	—	2026-05-18	Implied	Monetary Sanction; CLE	1000 USD	Source (reason.com)
Bank of America v. Mapp	M.D. North Carolina	USA	—	2026-05-15	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Brock et al. v. Hamilton County JFS Children Services et al.	S.D. Ohio	USA	—	2026-05-15	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Nikko D’Ambrosio v. Meta Platforms Inc.	7th Cir. CA	USA	—	2026-05-15	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In the Matter of Janelle Melissa Lewis, an attorney and counselor-at-law	App. Div. 1st Dept (NY)	USA	—	2026-05-14	Implied	Monetary Sanction; Bar Suspension	1500 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Oscar Danilo Montealto Garcia v. Todd Lyons, et al.	C.D. California	USA	—	2026-05-14	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Stringer v. White Cap Supply Holdings, LLC	M.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-05-14	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Christopher Gleason v. Julie Marcus	CA Florida (2d)	USA	—	2026-05-13	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Henri Giovani Morales Jimenez v. Christopher Shanahan	E.D. New York	USA	—	2026-05-13	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re: Latasha Transrina Kebe	S.D. Florida	USA	—	2026-05-13	Implied	Monetary Sanction	2232 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jane Doe 1, et al. v. Mount Saint Mary High School Corporation	W.D. Oklahoma	USA	—	2026-05-13	Unidentified	Public reprimand; Notice to client; Bar Self-Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jones v. Department of the Army	Fed. Cir.	USA	—	2026-05-13	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Joseph Guy v. AFGE	N.D. California	USA	—	2026-05-13	Claude	Order to Explain	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gully v Varghese	SC New York	USA	—	2026-05-12	Implied	Brief struck	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jacobs v. Timberlake	CA Louisiana (5d)	USA	—	2026-05-12	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Pyle v. Glenn County Sheriff's Department	E.D. California	USA	—	2026-05-12	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Zena L. Powell v. The Borough of Bergenfield	D. New Jersey	USA	—	2026-05-12	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
DeVore v. McCombie	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-05-11	Implied	Order to Explain	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Dorothea Bell v. Kelly Bell	SC Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-05-11	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Taiujuan Burches v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, et al.	E.D. Lousiana	USA	—	2026-05-11	Implied	Monetary Sanction	500 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
William Louis Armstrong, III v. City of Milwaukee	E.D. Wisconsin	USA	—	2026-05-11	Implied	Court granted motion to file corrected reply brief, found no prejudice	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Broyles v. McNeal	CA Georgia	USA	—	2026-05-08	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kyne v. Ehima	SC Connecticut	USA	—	2026-05-08	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Coomer v. Lindell/MyPillow, Inc. (2)	D. Colorado	USA	—	2026-05-07	Unidentified	Monetary Order	5000 USD	Source (reason.com)
Danielle L. Neri v. Board of Education for Albuquerque Public Schools	D. New Mexico	USA	—	2026-05-07	Centient AI	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Eric Tobler v. Stephen Tobler, et al.	E.D. Michigan	USA	—	2026-05-07	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Joshua Harris v. Pinnacle Bank (2)	N.D. Mississippi	USA	—	2026-05-07	Unidentified	Case dismissed with prejudice as sanction	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kristina Crist v. Roy Chris West, et al.	W.D. Oklahoma	USA	—	2026-05-07	Unidentified	Public reprimand; Notice to client; Monetary Sanction	250 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Marriage of Nash	CA Colorado	USA	—	2026-05-07	Implied	Monetary Sanction affirmed	1665 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Song Dow Lee, et al. v. HSBC Bank USA, National Association, et al.	C.D. California	USA	—	2026-05-07	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Stokka v. Stokka	SC North Dakota	USA	—	2026-05-07	Implied	Double costs awarded as sanction	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Boersma v. Davenport	CA Oregon	USA	—	2026-05-06	Implied	Monetary Sanction	500 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Gregoire v. Board of Trustees of SF BART	N.D. California	USA	—	2026-05-06	Implied	Monetary Sanction; Serve Order on client and Bar; CLE	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Terrance Anthony Norris v. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.	E.D. New York	USA	—	2026-05-06	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Amanda Adams v. Allen Butler Construction, Inc.	CA Texas	USA	—	2026-05-05	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Barber v. Morawa	CA Michigan	USA	—	2026-05-05	Claude, ChatGPT, Westlaw, Lexis	Admonishment in court	None reported	Source (courts.michigan.gov)
DOE, J. et al v. The Trustees of Columbia University	SC New York	USA	—	2026-05-05	Unidentified	Counsel apologized	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hannah Renee Payne v. The State	SC Georgia	USA	—	2026-05-05	Unidentified	Admonishment; 6-month suspension from appearing before the Supreme Court; 12 hours CLE; trial court order vacated and case remanded	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jessica Fuller v. Hyde School, et al.	D. Maine	USA	—	2026-05-05	Claude or ChatGPT	CLE; Firm procedures and certification; Serve Order to plaintiff; Brief struck	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.