Carlos E. Gutierrez v. In Re Noemi D. Gutierrez
CA Florida (3d) · Dec 4, 2024
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- CA Florida (3d)
- Record ID
- carlos-e-gutierrez-v-in-re-noemi-d-gutierrez-2024-12-04
- Observed outcome
- Consolidated appeals dismissed as a sanction; appellant barred from future pro se filings in the underlying probate actions without the signature of a Florida-barred attorney.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court dismissed the appellant's consolidated appeals as a sanction for filing briefs containing 'phantom case law' and fictitious quotations. Additionally, the court issued a permanent bar against the appellant from making future pro se filings in the related probate actions unless reviewed and signed by a member of the Florida Bar.
The Court held that Gutierrez’s submission of fictitious legal authorities and failure to respond to the show cause order constituted an abuse of process. It emphasized that pro se litigants are bound by the same rules as attorneys and referenced prior sanctions cases involving AI hallucinations
Pro-se filer; log as volume data point.
Failure modes and consequences
- Hallucinated_case_law
- Fabricated_quotations
- Procedural_noncompliance
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- AI attribution
- Implied
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Appellate court issued an order to show cause regarding sanctions; appellant failed to respond; court subsequently dismissed the consolidated appeals and imposed a filing bar.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court did not identify a specific tool, only referencing AI-related case law.
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Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify the existence, citation, court, and precedential status of every authority before filing.
- Compare every quoted passage and pincite directly with the underlying opinion or filing.
- Escalate unresolved verification failures before filing and preserve the responsible reviewer's signoff record.
- Read the linked source and subsequent docket history before relying on this record for legal work.