Artur Sargsyan v. Amazon.com Inc.
W.D. Washington · Oct 17, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- W.D. Washington
- Record ID
- artur-sargsyan-v-amazoncom-inc-2025-10-17
- Observed outcome
- The Court denied the motion for default judgment and issued a warning regarding Rule 11 compliance for future filings.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The Court issued a formal warning to the pro se plaintiff regarding the citation of non-existent case law. The judge explicitly noted that the cited authority could not be verified and cautioned that future reliance on hallucinated legal contentions would trigger sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11.
The Court reasoned that the cited case 'Board of Trustees v. RBS Group, 2008 WL 5127215' does not exist in legal databases, violating the requirement under Rule 11(b)(2) that legal contentions be warranted by existing law.
This case illustrates the judicial response to the use of AI-generated 'hallucinated' citations by pro se litigants. It reinforces the court's expectation that all legal authorities must be verified for existence and accuracy before submission.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Contract
- Trial
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Order denying Plaintiff's motion to proceed toward default judgment without U.S. Marshal service.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify the existence, citation, court, and precedential status of every authority before filing.
- Apply the same source-checking controls to AI (implied, unspecified) output as to any other research input.
- Read the linked source and subsequent docket history before relying on this record for legal work.