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Edward C. Allen v. Western Governors University, et al.
D. Nevada · Mar 31, 2026
NV / federalEditorial impact: career endingpro sefake citationsfabricated quotesmisrepresented authority
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed the quote "both baseless and made without a reasonable and competent inquiry" to Christian v. Mattel; court found no such quote in that opinion. Outcome: Case dismissed with prejudice; Adverse Costs Order.
- Why the court cared
- The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Case dismissed with prejudice; Adverse Costs Order; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
- Why it matters now
- Dismissal with prejudice plus token costs shows courts will end cases built on hallucinated authority.
Why this matter is tracked
False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed the quote "both baseless and made without a reasonable and competent inquiry" to Christian v. Mattel; court found no such quote in that opinion. Outcome: Case dismissed with prejudice; Adverse Costs Order.
Operational lesson
Dismissal with prejudice plus token costs shows courts will end cases built on hallucinated authority.
Record details
NevadaSingle-state evidence scope
CourtD. Nevada
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit9th Circuit
DateMar 31, 2026
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typePro Se Litigant
OutcomeCase dismissed with prejudice; Adverse Costs Order
Known amount$1
Professional sanctionNo
Attribution boundary
What the record establishes about AI use
reported
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Procedural posture
Case dismissed with prejudice; Adverse Costs Order
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
8 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed the quote "both baseless and made without a reasonable and competent inquiry" to Christian v. Mattel; court found no such quote in that opinion.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed the quote "a reasonable attorney in like circumstances could believe his actions to be factually and legally justified" to Cooter & Gell; court found no such quote in that Supreme Court opinion.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed a leniency-for-pro-se quote to Warren v. Guelker, but the case contains no such quote and its holding is to the contrary; court found the attribution false.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed the quote "Rule 11 is not intended as a vehicle for intimidation or punishment for minor pleading errors" to Hudson; court found no such quote or holding in that opinion.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff quoted the Supreme Court as cautioning against using Rule 11 "as a bar to the courthouse door" and cited Cooter & Gell at 393; court found no such quote in that opinion as used.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Sineneng-Smith and claimed it "acknowledg[ed] appellate errata" in a cited footnote; court found no such reference and the footnote irrelevant to plaintiff's position.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited "Verinata Health, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc., 2014 WL 10321141, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 21, 2014)" to support that errata are accepted; court found the Westlaw number incorrect/misleading and no such supporting authority.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Lewis v. Ryan (D. Ariz., Jan. 3, 2008) as accepting errata; court located a different Lewis v. Ryan under another number with no errata and found the representation false.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Edward C. Allen v. Western Governors University, et al.?
- False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed the quote "both baseless and made without a reasonable and competent inquiry" to Christian v. Mattel; court found no such quote in that opinion. Outcome: Case dismissed with prejudice; Adverse Costs Order.
- Why does Edward C. Allen v. Western Governors University, et al. matter for legal AI risk?
- Dismissal with prejudice plus token costs shows courts will end cases built on hallucinated authority.
- What does the public record establish about Edward C. Allen v. Western Governors University, et al.?
- 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 Edward C. Allen v. Western Governors University, et al. 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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