Bolden v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co (In re: Eric Chibueze Nwaubani)
CA Fourth Circuit · Mar 11, 2026
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Respondent cited 'Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. v. Jackson' in his opening brief; the panel determined the opinion does not exist and that respondent later said he meant to cite Darden but omitted that argument in a revised brief. Outcome: Public admonishment.
- Why the court cared
- The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Public admonishment; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
- Why it matters now
- A public admonishment in a published appellate opinion is a career-marker — enforce pre-filing citation checks on every brief.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Respondent cited 'Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. v. Jackson' in his opening brief; the panel determined the opinion does not exist and that respondent later said he meant to cite Darden but omitted that argument in a revised brief. Outcome: Public admonishment.
A public admonishment in a published appellate opinion is a career-marker — enforce pre-filing citation checks on every brief.
Record details
What the record establishes about AI use
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Public admonishment
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
3 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Respondent cited 'Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. v. Jackson' in his opening brief; the panel determined the opinion does not exist and that respondent later said he meant to cite Darden but omitted that argument in a revised brief.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Respondent cited 'Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Glencore Ltd.' in his reply brief; the panel found no such published appellate opinion and respondent later supplied an unrelated CFTC administrative proceeding.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Respondent cited 'In re Acres Properties, Inc.' in his reply brief; the panel found that citation to be nonexistent and that the cases respondent said he meant to cite were different and of minimal relevance.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Bolden v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co (In re: Eric Chibueze Nwaubani)?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Respondent cited 'Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. v. Jackson' in his opening brief; the panel determined the opinion does not exist and that respondent later said he meant to cite Darden but omitted that argument in a revised brief. Outcome: Public admonishment.
- Why does Bolden v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co (In re: Eric Chibueze Nwaubani) matter for legal AI risk?
- A public admonishment in a published appellate opinion is a career-marker — enforce pre-filing citation checks on every brief.
- What does the public record establish about Bolden v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co (In re: Eric Chibueze Nwaubani)?
- The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded link is a secondary or other public source and should be checked against the docket where available. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
- Which source supports this Bolden v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co (In re: Eric Chibueze Nwaubani) summary?
- The recorded source is reason.com. It is classified as secondary or other linked source; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.
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