Cabrera Thompson v. Seattle Public Schools
Record source: imported from Damien Charlotin’s AI Hallucination Cases Database (CC BY 4.0); document hosted in his archive: open the upstream document. What AI Vortex adds.
W.D. Washington · Sep 17, 2026
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | The Court found that the cited case did not exist. The Washington Reports page cited contained Cascade Security Bank v. Butler, while the Pacific Reporter page cited contained a different Kansas case. The citation was used to support an agency and ratification theory for binding non-signatories to an EEOC settlement agreement. Outcome: Warning: the court declined to impose sanctions this time and notified the plaintiff that future citations to nonexistent authority may bring penalties (W.D. Wash. order, PDF p. 53).
- Why the court cared
- The structured public record identifies pro se and fake citations and records Warning: the court declined to impose sanctions this time and notified the plaintiff that future citations to nonexistent authority may bring penalties (W.D. Wash. order, PDF p. 53). The linked source controls the precise reasoning and procedural context.
- Why it matters now
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations with Warning: the court declined to impose sanctions this time and notified the plaintiff that future citations to nonexistent authority may bring penalties (W.D. Wash. order, PDF p. 53) in W.D. Washington. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | The Court found that the cited case did not exist. The Washington Reports page cited contained Cascade Security Bank v. Butler, while the Pacific Reporter page cited contained a different Kansas case. The citation was used to support an agency and ratification theory for binding non-signatories to an EEOC settlement agreement. Outcome: Warning: the court declined to impose sanctions this time and notified the plaintiff that future citations to nonexistent authority may bring penalties (W.D. Wash. order, PDF p. 53).
This matter connects pro se and fake citations with Warning: the court declined to impose sanctions this time and notified the plaintiff that future citations to nonexistent authority may bring penalties (W.D. Wash. order, PDF p. 53) in W.D. Washington. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Record details
Corrected 2026-11-02: see the corrections log.
What the record establishes about AI use
The current record does not establish a specific AI tool. Do not infer AI use beyond the source.
Warning: the court declined to impose sanctions this time and notified the plaintiff that future citations to nonexistent authority may bring penalties (W.D. Wash. order, PDF p. 53)
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
2 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | The Court found that the cited case did not exist. The Washington Reports page cited contained Cascade Security Bank v. Butler, while the Pacific Reporter page cited contained a different Kansas case. The citation was used to support an agency and ratification theory for binding non-signatories to an EEOC settlement agreement.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | The citation and proposition were materially incorrect. The Court explained that the actual Jankelson v. Cisel was a 1970 medical-malpractice case, reported at 3 Wn. App. 139, 473 P.2d 202, and did not concern aiding and abetting. The cited Washington Appellate Reports and Pacific Reporter locations corresponded to other cases.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Cabrera Thompson v. Seattle Public Schools?
- Fabricated: Case Law | The Court found that the cited case did not exist. The Washington Reports page cited contained Cascade Security Bank v. Butler, while the Pacific Reporter page cited contained a different Kansas case. The citation was used to support an agency and ratification theory for binding non-signatories to an EEOC settlement agreement. Outcome: Warning: the court declined to impose sanctions this time and notified the plaintiff that future citations to nonexistent authority may bring penalties (W.D. Wash. order, PDF p. 53).
- Why does Cabrera Thompson v. Seattle Public Schools matter for legal AI risk?
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations with Warning: the court declined to impose sanctions this time and notified the plaintiff that future citations to nonexistent authority may bring penalties (W.D. Wash. order, PDF p. 53) in W.D. Washington. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
- What does the public record establish about Cabrera Thompson v. Seattle Public Schools?
- The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded document is hosted in the upstream publisher archive. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
- Which source supports this Cabrera Thompson v. Seattle Public Schools summary?
- The recorded source is Damien Charlotin case archive. It is classified as publisher document archive; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.
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