Alexander Shaporov v. PIPPD P.O. Matthew Levine, et al.
D. New Jersey · Sep 25, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- D. New Jersey
- Record ID
- alexander-shaporov-v-pippd-po-matthew-levine-et-al-2025-09-25
- Observed outcome
- Summary judgment granted for defendants; show cause order issued against plaintiff's counsel.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court identified multiple inaccurate quotations and citations in the plaintiff's opposition brief, concluding they likely resulted from unverified generative AI use. Consequently, the court ordered counsel to show cause under Rule 11 and professional conduct rules, while granting summary judgment for the defendants on the merits of the underlying civil rights claims.
The court reasoned that the nature and pervasiveness of the inaccuracies—including misstatements of cases, incorrect Westlaw citations, and fabricated pincites—indicated a failure to exercise adequate diligence, potentially involving the use of generative AI without verification in violation of Rule 11 and professional conduct standards.
Independent judicial audits are now routine — assume every brief will be cross-checked and verify each pincite against the primary source.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fabricated Case Law
- Misrepresented Case Law
- Incorrect Citations
- Lack Of Verification
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- AI attribution
- Implied
- Recorded tool
- Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Summary judgment motion granted for defendants; court issued a show cause order regarding counsel's conduct.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
Court explicitly references concerns regarding generative artificial intelligence.
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Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify the existence, citation, court, and precedential status of every authority before filing.
- Compare every quoted passage and pincite directly with the underlying opinion or filing.
- Confirm that each authority supports the stated proposition and has not been mischaracterized.
- Apply the same source-checking controls to AI (implied, unspecified) output as to any other research input.