Desmond Cunningham v. Pentagon Federal Credit Union, et al.
N.D. Mississippi · Jan 7, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- N.D. Mississippi
- Record ID
- desmond-cunningham-v-pentagon-federal-credit-union-et-al-2026-01-07
- Observed outcome
- All claims dismissed with prejudice; formal warning issued to the pro se litigant.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court dismissed the plaintiff's claims with prejudice and issued a formal warning regarding the submission of fabricated legal authorities. Although the court identified clear violations of Rule 11, it declined to impose additional sanctions, such as attorney's fees, because the defendants did not request them.
Fabricated: Case Law | Cunningham cited a purported D. Conn. opinion with a Westlaw citation and date that did not correspond to any docket entry for that case; the court concluded the representation of the Housatonic citation was fabricated. || False Quotes: Case Law | Cunningham attributed a specific quotation to International Shortstop, Inc. v. Rally's, Inc. (5th Cir. 1991) that the court and opposing counsel were unable to locate in that opinion, i.e., a false/misattributed quote.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in N.D. Mississippi, with the listed outcome: All claims dismissed with prejudice; warning.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Contract
- Trial
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Order and Memorandum Opinion granting defendants' motions to dismiss and for summary judgment, resulting in the dismissal of all claims with prejudice.
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