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Georgia · federal district court · 2025

Nichols v. Walmart Inc.

District Court, S.D. Georgia, 18 March 2025. 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, S.D. GeorgiaCOURT
  2. Level. federal district courtLEVEL
  3. Date. 18 March 2025DATED
  4. Docket. No. 1:24-cv-00236DOCKET
  5. Judge. James Randal HallJUDGE
  6. Documents. one document, 3 passages quoted belowON FILE
  7. Source. CourtListenerSOURCE

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Docket entry 52, 18 March 2025 · source · PDF · 3 pages

Docket text. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE as to why Rule 11 sanctions should not be imposed for Plaintiff's use of fake case citations in her motion to disqualify opposing counsel. (Doc. 38 .) Show Cause Response due by 4/1/2025. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brian K. Epps on 3/18/2025. (amd) (Entered: 03/18/2025)

(Doc. no. 38.) Upon initial review of this filing, the Court observe s Plaintiff relied on several cases that, after extensive research conducted by the undersigned, appear nonexistent . Specifically, the Court is unable to locate any case matching the citation information provided for the following four cases as they are cited in Plaintiff’s motion: 3.

38, pp. 4- 5.) The Court is concerned this nonexistent caselaw, if not blatantly fabricated by Plaintiff on her own, “may be the result of Plaintiff’s usage of artificial - intelligence-hallucinated legal authority.” Greenflight Venture Corp. v. Google LLC , No.

3d 443, 461 (S.D.N.Y. 2023) .2 This Court will not hesitate to impose Rule 11 sanctions against a party who abuses the adversary process or otherwise attempts to deceive the Court by relying on nonexistent caselaw. See Thomas v.

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