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Evans, et al. v. Robertson et al. (2)

E.D. Michigan · Sep 25, 2025

MI / federalEditorial impact: lowpro sefake citationsfabricated quotestrialWarning
Direct answer

What happened in this matter?

False Quotes: Case Law | Evans misattributed quotations to United States v. Ziegler Bolt & Parts Co., 111 F.3d 878 (Fed. Cir. 1997); court flagged the inaccuracy. Outcome: Warning to both parties.

Why the court cared
The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Warning to both parties; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
Why it matters now
This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with Warning to both parties in E.D. Michigan, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.

Why this matter is tracked

False Quotes: Case Law | Evans misattributed quotations to United States v. Ziegler Bolt & Parts Co., 111 F.3d 878 (Fed. Cir. 1997); court flagged the inaccuracy. Outcome: Warning to both parties.

Operational lesson

This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with Warning to both parties in E.D. Michigan, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.

Record details

MichiganSingle-state evidence scope
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CourtE.D. Michigan
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit6th Circuit
DateSep 25, 2025
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typePro Se Litigant
OutcomeWarning to both parties
Known amountNot recorded
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

Warning to both parties

Correction behavior

Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.

Tracked discrepancy record

6 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.

  1. False Quotes: Case Law | Evans misattributed quotations to United States v. Ziegler Bolt & Parts Co., 111 F.3d 878 (Fed. Cir. 1997); court flagged the inaccuracy.
  2. False Quotes: Case Law | Evans misattributed quotations to Sec. & Exchange Comm'n v. Knowles, 87 F.3d 413 (10th Cir. 1996); court flagged the inaccuracy.
  3. Fabricated: Case Law | Robertson cited Mickens v. 10th Jud. Dist. Ct., 460 F. App'x 728 (9th Cir. 2011); court found the citation inaccurate and noted the actual related decisions were Eleventh Circuit cases addressing different issues.
  4. Fabricated: Case Law | Evans cited Aguirre v. Reese, No. 2:12-cv-01837, 2013 WL 6577085, at *5 (D. Nev. Dec. 13, 2013); court found the citation nonexistent and the case number assigned to a different matter.
  5. False Quotes: Case Law | Evans attributed the quotation “Parties may not evade service by hiding behind pseudonyms while continuing to engage in legal actions using those same identities.” to Doe v. F.B.I., 218 F.R.D. 256 (D. Colo. 2003); court found no such language in that case or elsewhere.
  6. Fabricated: Case Law | Robertson cited McNair v. Everly, No. 18-12511, 2019 WL 2560069 (E.D. Mich. June 20, 2019); court determined that citation does not exist and the case number corresponded to a different matter.

Questions this record answers

What happened in Evans, et al. v. Robertson et al. (2)?
False Quotes: Case Law | Evans misattributed quotations to United States v. Ziegler Bolt & Parts Co., 111 F.3d 878 (Fed. Cir. 1997); court flagged the inaccuracy. Outcome: Warning to both parties.
Why does Evans, et al. v. Robertson et al. (2) matter for legal AI risk?
This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with Warning to both parties in E.D. Michigan, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
What does the public record establish about Evans, et al. v. Robertson et al. (2)?
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 Evans, et al. v. Robertson et al. (2) summary?
The recorded source is reason.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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