Bolden v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co (In re: Eric Chibueze Nwaubani)
CA Fourth Circuit · Mar 11, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- CA Fourth Circuit
- Record ID
- bolden-v-baltimore-gas-electric-co-in-re-eric-chibueze-nwaubani-2026-03-11
- Observed outcome
- Public admonishment
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
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.
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.
A public admonishment in a published appellate opinion is a career-marker — enforce pre-filing citation checks on every brief.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Published Opinion
- Appellate
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Public admonishment
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What this record does—and does not—establish
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
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.
Latest evidence review: Secondary Source Only (medium confidence).
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.