Boyd v. Lee
CA Maryland · Jan 14, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- CA Maryland
- Record ID
- boyd-v-lee-2026-01-14
- Observed outcome
- The court issued an order to show cause regarding the hallucinated citations and subsequently dismissed the appeal for failure to comply with procedural filing requirements.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court issued an order to show cause regarding the submission of fabricated and misrepresented case law in an appellate brief. While the court did not impose sanctions in this specific opinion, it highlighted the potential for professional discipline and ultimately dismissed the appeal based on counsel's failure to comply with mandatory procedural filing rules.
Fabricated: Case Law | Court identified this citation as non-existent (fabricated) (identified later by the court). || Misrepresented: Case Law | Court found the citation does not support appellant's stated proposition. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court identified this citation as non-existent (fabricated). || Fabricated: Case Law | Court identified this citation as non-existent (fabricated). || Misrepresented: Case Law | Court found the cited decision does not support appellant's stated proposition. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Court found the cited decision does not support appellant's stated proposition. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court identified this citation as non-existent (fabricated). || Misrepresented: Case Law | Court found the cited decision does not support appellant's stated proposition (identified later by the court).
Eight fabricated or misrepresented citations in one appellate brief is career-threatening; OSC is just the opening.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fabricated Case Law
- Misrepresented Case Law
- Fake Citations
- Misrepresented Authority
- Family
- Appellate
- AI attribution
- Implied
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Appellate review of a circuit court divorce judgment, resulting in an order to show cause and subsequent dismissal of the appeal.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court refers to the issue as an artificial intelligence issue.
Retained unchanged after audit: the existing summary is source-specific, non-placeholder, and supported by the recorded source link. Read the underlying source before relying on it for legal advice or a filing.
Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.
- Assign a responsible reviewer for AI-assisted research and drafting.