Cartagena v. Dixon, Blackburn, and T.A. Blackburn Law (1)
S.D. New York · Mar 10, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- S.D. New York
- Record ID
- cartagena-v-dixon-blackburn-and-t-a-blackburn-law-1-2026-03-10
- Observed outcome
- Bar Referral
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
Fabricated: Case Law | Brief filed by defendant's counsel contained multiple non-existent case citations and misstatements of law; court found pervasive 'hallucinated' cases and noted counsel attributed errors to use of 'Protégé' AI. Outcome: Bar Referral. Bar referral ordered in a subsequent Order.
The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Bar Referral; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
This matter connects fake citations and bar referral involving Protégé (LexisNexis) with Bar Referral in S.D. New York, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Bar Referral
- Tort
- Trial
- Professional
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- Protégé (LexisNexis)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Bar Referral
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What this record does—and does not—establish
Protégé (LexisNexis) 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 document is hosted in the upstream publisher archive. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
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.
- Escalate unresolved verification failures before filing and preserve the responsible reviewer's signoff record.
- Apply the same source-checking controls to Protégé (LexisNexis) output as to any other research input.
- Read the linked source and subsequent docket history before relying on this record for legal work.