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Doe v. Noem

D. DC · Jul 1, 2025

DC / federalEditorial impact: mediumtrial

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What happened in this matter?

Outcome: Order to Show Cause. Fake citation, in this brief, was to : Moms Against Poverty v. Dep’t of State, 2022 WL 17951329, at *3 . Case docket can be found here.Counsel later confirmed having used ChatGPT and apologised.

Why the court cared: The linked record identifies trial and records Order to Show Cause. This page does not infer judicial reasoning beyond the source.
Why it matters now: Ban ChatGPT for legal research; apologies after the fact do not cure a Rule 11 violation.

Why this matter is tracked

Operational lesson

Ban ChatGPT for legal research; apologies after the fact do not cure a Rule 11 violation.

Record details

District of ColumbiaSingle-state evidence scope

Jurisdiction contextThe state marker is derived from the structured case record.

CourtD. DC

Jurisdictionfederal

CircuitD.C. Circuit

DateJul 1, 2025

AI toolChatGPT

Party typeLawyer

OutcomeOrder to Show Cause

Known amountNot recorded

Professional sanctionNo

Attribution boundary

What the record establishes about AI use

reported

ChatGPT is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.

Procedural posture

Order to Show Cause

Correction behavior

Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.

Questions this record answers

What happened in Doe v. Noem?: Outcome: Order to Show Cause. Fake citation, in this brief, was to : Moms Against Poverty v. Dep’t of State, 2022 WL 17951329, at *3 . Case docket can be found here.Counsel later confirmed having used ChatGPT and apologised.
Why does Doe v. Noem matter for legal AI risk?: Ban ChatGPT for legal research; apologies after the fact do not cure a Rule 11 violation.
What does the public record establish about Doe v. Noem?: The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded link is a secondary or other public source and should be checked against the docket where available. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
Which source supports this Doe v. Noem summary?: The recorded source is lawandcrime.com. It is classified as secondary or other linked source; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.

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lawandcrime.com

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Why this matter is tracked

Operational lesson

Ban ChatGPT for legal research; apologies after the fact do not cure a Rule 11 violation.

Questions this record answers

What happened in Doe v. Noem?

Why does Doe v. Noem matter for legal AI risk?

Ban ChatGPT for legal research; apologies after the fact do not cure a Rule 11 violation.

What does the public record establish about Doe v. Noem?

Which source supports this Doe v. Noem summary?

The recorded source is lawandcrime.com. It is classified as secondary or other linked source; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.