Erin Gray v Attorney General of Canada
Federal Court · Mar 5, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- international
- Court
- Federal Court
- Record ID
- erin-gray-v-attorney-general-of-canada-2026-03-05
- Observed outcome
- The application for judicial review was dismissed; no costs were awarded to the respondent.
- Known monetary consequence
- CA$0
Why this matter warrants attention
The court identified that the pro se applicant included two fabricated case citations in her memorandum, which she admitted were generated by an AI tool. The court noted this violated the Federal Court Practice Direction on the use of AI, though it did not impose specific sanctions for the AI usage itself.
Fabricated: Case Law | One of the Applicant's memorandum citations did not exist; the Court found it to be a fabricated case citation produced by AI and described the jurisprudence as hallucinated. || Fabricated: Case Law | A second memorandum citation was likewise non-existent; the Court identified it as another fabricated case citation resulting from the Applicant's use of AI.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in Federal Court, with the listed outcome: no adjudicated outcome recorded.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Administrative
- Trial
- None Adjudicated
- AI attribution
- Admitted
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified
- Known monetary consequence
- CA$0
- Procedural posture
- Judicial review of a Canada Revenue Agency decision denying CERB eligibility, dismissed by the Federal Court.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The applicant admitted to using an unidentified AI application.
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Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.