Blake Lewis v. Entergy Mississippi, LLC
S.D. Mississippi · Sep 3, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- S.D. Mississippi
- Record ID
- blake-lewis-v-entergy-mississippi-llc-2025-09-03
- Observed outcome
- The court issued an order to show cause requiring counsel to explain the inclusion of fabricated and misrepresented case law in their filings.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court issued an order to show cause requiring counsel to explain the submission of fabricated and misrepresented case law in a court filing. The court explicitly raised concerns that the errors resulted from the use of generative AI, which is known to produce hallucinated citations, and ordered counsel to justify why sanctions should not be imposed.
The Court reasoned that the submission of non-existent or misrepresented authorities violates Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b), Mississippi Rule of Professional Conduct 3.3, and Local Rule 83.1(c)(1), necessitating a show-cause hearing to determine if sanctions are appropriate.
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Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Misrepresented Authority
- Other
- Trial
- Ordered To Show Cause
- AI attribution
- Not Established
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Order to show cause issued by the Magistrate Judge on September 3, 2025, following the filing of an opposition brief containing problematic citations.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court noted the potential use of generative AI but did not identify a specific tool.
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify the existence, citation, court, and precedential status of every authority before filing.
- Confirm that each authority supports the stated proposition and has not been mischaracterized.
- Read the linked source and subsequent docket history before relying on this record for legal work.