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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 9 of 29

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
Polanco v. Himalayan Real Estate LLC, et al.	E.D. New York	USA	—	2026-05-27	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Robert Hinton Avery v. Danielle Beauzil	CA Florida (4d)	USA	—	2026-05-27	Unidentified	Barred from filing save with Counsel	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
State of Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association v. Reeves	SC Oklahoma	USA	—	2026-05-27	ChatGPT	Public reprimand	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
SWSZ Holding v. SZ Global	SC Delaware	USA	—	2026-05-27	Implied	Warning, leave to refile	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Williamson v. Meyers (derivatively on behalf of Equinix, Inc.)	D. Delaware	USA	—	2026-05-27	Unidentified	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Guo v. Meade Motorcars, L.L.C.	CA Ohio (6d)	USA	—	2026-05-26	Deepseek	Monetary Sanction	100 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hodges v. McGough Enterprises LLC	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-05-26	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jean-Paul B. Kalonji v. State of Indiana	CA Indiana	USA	—	2026-05-26	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sample et al v. Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc	D. New Mexico	USA	—	2026-05-26	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
William C. Maxwell v. Dakota Michael & Chelsey Smith	S.D. Indiana	USA	—	2026-05-26	Implied	Monetary Sanction	1000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
A.T.W. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky	CA Kentucky	USA	—	2026-05-22	Implied	OPINION AFFIRMING	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Kings Roofing v. Fusion Works	CA Florida (6d)	USA	—	2026-05-22	Implied	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lagac v. Capital One, N.A.	C.D. California	USA	—	2026-05-22	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Sana Hazina Butler v. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC	S.D. New York	USA	—	2026-05-22	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Saqib Kafeel v. CJDropshipping	N.D. Illinois	USA	—	2026-05-22	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Arron v. Custer, et al.	S.D. Ohio	USA	—	2026-05-21	Implied	Citation treated as unverified	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Chapel v. Americredit Financial Services & Experian	N.D. Alabama	USA	—	2026-05-21	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
City of Shaker Heights v. Andre D. Thompson	CA Ohio (8d)	USA	—	2026-05-21	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Dalton Gage Hill v. Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority (2)	W.D. Oklahoma	USA	—	2026-05-21	Implied	Magistrate recommended sanctions	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
In re the Marriage of Amy Haddock and Justin Blu Haddock	DC Oklahoma	USA	—	2026-05-21	Implied	Monetary Sanction; Bar Referral; Mandatory Audit of Firm Knowledge base; Adverse Costs Order	2000 USD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Isaiah Hunter-Bey v. City of Cleveland Law Department	CA Ohio (8d)	USA	—	2026-05-21	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Jackie L. Miller v. Regions Bank	N.D. Alabama	USA	—	2026-05-21	ChatGPT	DQ from case and court (6 months); Bar Referral	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lowrey v. City of Rio Rancho et al. (2)	D. New Mexico	USA	—	2026-05-21	Implied	Warning (again)	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Simmons v. Shahidul Islam	CA Tennessee	USA	—	2026-05-21	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
That Xiong v. Minga Wofford (2)	E.D. California	USA	—	2026-05-21	ChatGPT	No Sanctions in circumstances	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Twigg v. BSN Sports, Inc., et al.	M.D. Pennsylvania	USA	—	2026-05-21	Unidentified	Order to Show Cause	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
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)

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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.