Al-Hamim v. Star Hearthstone
Colorado · Dec 26, 2024
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- Colorado
- Record ID
- al-hamim-v-star-hearthstone-2024-12-26
- Observed outcome
- No Sanction (due to pro se, contrition, etc.); Warning of future sanctions.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant cited a non-existent case; the court could not locate it and appellant later admitted it was a GAI hallucination. Outcome: No Sanction (due to pro se, contrition, etc.); Warning of future sanctions..
Factors against sanctions included Al-Hamim's pro se status, his contrition, lack of prior appellate violations, the absence of published Colorado precedent on sanctions for this issue, and the fact that opposing counsel did not raise the issue or request sanctions. However, the court issued a clear and strong warning to "the bar, and self-represented litigants" that future filings containing AI-generated hallucinations "may result in sanctions". The court emphasized the need for diligence, regardless of representation status
Pro-se filer; log as volume data point.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Contract
- Trial
- Warning
- None Adjudicated
- AI attribution
- Not Established
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- No Sanction (due to pro se, contrition, etc.); Warning of future sanctions.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
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Controls suggested by the public record
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