Grant v. City of Long Beach
9th Cir. CA · Mar 22, 2024
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- 9th Cir. CA
- Record ID
- grant-v-city-of-long-beach-2024-03-22
- Observed outcome
- The court struck the appellants' opening brief in its entirety and dismissed the appeal.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The Ninth Circuit struck the appellants' opening brief and dismissed the appeal because the brief contained fabricated case citations and materially misrepresented the holdings of numerous cited authorities, violating Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28(a)(8)(A).
The court reasoned that the brief failed to comply with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28(a)(8)(A), which requires arguments to be supported by accurate citations and coherent explanations. The panel determined that the magnitude of fabricated and misrepresented cases rendered the brief unusable for appellate review.
A Ninth Circuit published opinion striking your brief ends appellate careers — second-attorney verification is non-negotiable before filing.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Misrepresented Authority
- Civil Rights
- Appellate
- Case Dismissed
- AI attribution
- Not Established
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Appellate review of a district court summary judgment; the Ninth Circuit struck the opening brief and dismissed the appeal.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The opinion does not identify a specific tool.
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Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Independently verify the existence and full text of every case citation before filing.
- Ensure that the holding of each cited case directly supports the specific legal proposition for which it is invoked.
- Implement a mandatory secondary review process for all legal research and citations to prevent the inclusion of hallucinated or misrepresented authority.