Hatch v. College Ave Student Loans
N.D. Illinois · Mar 6, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- N.D. Illinois
- Record ID
- hatch-v-college-ave-student-loans-2026-03-06
- Observed outcome
- Motion to dismiss granted with prejudice; Order to show cause issued against counsel.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The Court issued an order to show cause against Plaintiff's counsel for citing potentially non-existent case law in her opposition and sur-reply briefs. Counsel must appear on April 9, 2026, to provide true copies of the cited cases or explain the failure to verify the citations.
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's counsel cited Jones v. TransUnion, LLC; the Court was unable to find the cited decision and directed counsel to provide the opinion or a sworn declaration about how the brief was generated. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's counsel cited Horan v. Equifax Info. Servs., LLC to support arguments; the Court could not locate the opinion and ordered counsel to produce a true and accurate copy or explain how the citation was located.
Keep a sworn-ready record of how each brief was drafted; courts now demand declarations when citations cannot be produced.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Administrative
- Trial
- Ordered To Show Cause
- AI attribution
- Not Established
- Recorded tool
- No tool named in source
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Order to Show Cause issued following the granting of a motion to dismiss.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.
- Retain a matter-level record of source checks and corrections.
- Escalate and correct a suspect filing promptly, with a documented response.