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Lnu v. Blanche

Rulingca9

No. 24-4790

Case Summary

Order imposing sanctions against attorneys Mike Singh Sethi and William Rounds for filing briefs containing fabricated citations and misrepresentations resulting from generative AI hallucinations.

MALKEET LNU; SUNITA RANI LNU; JAIVIN LOHAN, Petitioners , No. 24-4790

The Ninth Circuit sanctioned attorneys Mike Singh Sethi and William Rounds after they filed an opening brief and reply brief in Lnu v. Blanche containing nonexistent cases, false quotations, and gross misrepresentations of real legal authority. The court found these errors were the result of generative AI hallucinations and that the attorneys lacked candor by initially claiming the errors were typographical mistakes.

Recovery

Target Documents

Targets4
ECF-anchored0
Original Filings0
Citations Confirmed0

Target Documents

4
1

opening brief

Docket-only
Court
ca9
Docket
24-4790
  1. Fabricated

    Eduardo v. Garland · 28 F.4th 742 (9th Cir. 2022)

    dataset-corroborated
  2. Fabricated

    Lay v. Holder · 729 F.3d 962 (9th Cir. 2013)

    dataset-corroborated
  3. False quote

    Kamalthas v. INS · 251 F.3d 1279, 1284 (9th Cir. 2001)

    dataset-corroborated
  4. False quote

    Avendano-Hernandez v. Lynch · 800 F.3d 1072, 1080 (9th Cir. 2015)

    dataset-corroborated
UnresolvedDoc ?

No RECAP documentNo docket entry matched the ruling's described filing.

2

reply brief

Docket-only
Court
ca9
Docket
24-4790
  1. Misrepresented

    Singh v. Gonzales · 491 F.3d 1090, 1096-97 (9th Cir. 2007)

    dataset-corroborated
  2. Misrepresented

    Zahedi v. INS · 222 F.3d 1157, 1165 (9th Cir. 2000)

    dataset-corroborated
  3. False quote

    Bandari v. INS · 227 F.3d 1160, 1167 (9th Cir. 2000)

UnresolvedDoc ?

No RECAP documentNo docket entry matched the ruling's described filing.

3

opening brief

Docket-only
Court
ca9
Docket
25-2485
  1. Fabricated

    Garcia v. Garland · 60 F.4th 1239 (9th Cir. 2023)

    dataset-corroborated
  2. Fabricated

    Hernandez v. Sessions · 873 F.3d 1120 (9th Cir. 2017)

    dataset-corroborated
  3. Fabricated

    Vasquez-Zavala v. Garland · 69 F.4th 1086 (9th Cir. 2023)

    dataset-corroborated
UnresolvedDoc ?

Not resolvedThe docket could not be resolved through the backend.

4

opening brief

Docket-only
Court
ca9
Docket
24-5168
  1. Fabricated

    Eduardo v. Garland · 28 F.4th 742 (9th Cir. 2022)

    dataset-corroborated
  2. Fabricated

    Gutierrez-Alm v. Garland · 72 F.4th 446 (9th Cir. 2023)

    dataset-corroborated
UnresolvedDoc ?

Not resolvedThe docket could not be resolved through the backend.