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Florida · federal district court · 2026

Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Oasis International Group, Limited

District Court, M.D. Florida, 10 August 2026. What the court wrote about citations that did not exist, in its own words, from the document on file.

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  1. Court. District Court, M.D. FloridaCOURT
  2. Level. federal district courtLEVEL
  3. Date. 10 August 2026DATED
  4. Docket. No. 8:19-cv-00886DOCKET
  5. Judge. Virginia Maria Hernandez CovingtonJUDGE
  6. Documents. one document, 4 passages quoted belowON FILE
  7. Source. CourtListenerSOURCE

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Docket entry 976, 10 August 2026 · source

Docket text. ENDORSED ORDER: At the show-cause hearing on August 7, 2026, Mr. DaCorta's citations to hallucinated cases in his motion to dismiss the order to show cause were addressed. (Doc. # 970). Specifically, two of the cases cited by Mr. DaCorta as "SEC v. Funding Resource Grp., No. Civ.A. 92-3194, 2003 WL 24067819 (N.D. Tex. Aug. 21, 2003)" and "SEC v. Complete Bus. Sols. Grp., Inc., No. 8:20-cv-00571, 2024 WL ____ (M.D. Fla.)" (Doc. # 970 at 5) do not exist and apparently are AI hallucinations. Citing to non-existent cases is a fraud on the Court and warrants the imposition of sanctions. See De Ford v. Koutoulas, No. 6:22-cv-652-PGB-DCI, 2025 WL 4086346, at *10 n.9 (M.D. Fla. Dec. 2, 2025) ("The Court cautions Defendants that citing to cases that do not exist is a misrepresentation to the Court and is sanctionable under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(c)."). "Judges across the country have sanctioned attorneys for citing fake cases generated by artificial intelligence." Ezzy Credit, LLC v. Prescription Techs., Inc., No. 8:24-cv-2436-SDM-AAS, 2025 WL 3067426, at *2, *4 (M.D. Fla. July 8, 2025) (ordering plaintiffs' counsel to pay defendants $3,000 "to compensate for the wasted resources caused by" counsel's citation to fake cases); see United States v. Hayes, 763 F. Supp. 3d 1054, 1071 (E.D. Cal. 2025) (collecting cases). While the Court would be well within its rights to sanction Mr. DaCorta, the Court declines to do so at this time. Rather the Court provides this warning: If Mr. DaCorta submits any further filings containing hallucinated cases or hallucinations of any kind, he will be sanctioned. Signed by Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington on 8/10/2026. (MEG) (Entered: 08/10/2026)

ENDORSED ORDER: At the show-cause hearing on August 7, 2026, Mr. DaCorta's citations to hallucinated cases in his motion to dismiss the order to show cause were addressed. (Doc. # 970).

Fla.)" (Doc. # 970 at 5) do not exist and apparently are AI hallucinations. Citing to non-existent cases is a fraud on the Court and warrants the imposition of sanctions. See De Ford v.

Dec. 2, 2025) ("The Court cautions Defendants that citing to cases that do not exist is a misrepresentation to the Court and is sanctionable under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(c)."). "Judges across the country have sanctioned attorneys for citing fake cases generated by artificial intelligence." Ezzy Credit, LLC v.

Rather the Court provides this warning: If Mr. DaCorta submits any further filings containing hallucinated cases or hallucinations of any kind, he will be sanctioned. Signed by Judge Virginia M.

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