Evgeny Yaroshevsky v. Karlin et al.
E.D. New York · Mar 31, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- E.D. New York
- Record ID
- evgeny-yaroshevsky-v-karlin-et-al-2026-03-31
- Observed outcome
- The Magistrate Judge recommended granting the defendants' motion for sanctions, specifically recommending dismissal of the complaint with prejudice and an award of costs and attorneys' fees.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The Court recommended dismissing the plaintiff's complaint with prejudice and awarding costs and attorneys' fees to the defendants as a sanction for the plaintiff's persistent use of AI-generated, fabricated legal authorities and his failure to verify citations despite repeated judicial warnings.
The Court reasoned that the plaintiff's persistent use of nonexistent authority and failure to correct filings after multiple warnings and a safe harbor period constituted a violation of Rule 11. The Court emphasized that the plaintiff's use of generative AI without verification imposed an undue burden on the court and opposing counsel, and that the plaintiff's repeated misrepresentations to the court regarding his verification efforts demonstrated bad faith, justifying dismissal with prejudice.
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Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Misrepresented Authority
- Contract
- Trial
- AI attribution
- Admitted
- Recorded tool
- Gemini
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Report and Recommendation on Defendants' motions to dismiss and for Rule 11 sanctions.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
Plaintiff admitted using Google Gemini to obtain citations.
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Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify the existence, citation, court, and precedential status of every authority before filing.
- Compare every quoted passage and pincite directly with the underlying opinion or filing.
- Confirm that each authority supports the stated proposition and has not been mischaracterized.
- Escalate unresolved verification failures before filing and preserve the responsible reviewer's signoff record.