In re: Kathleen A Rabon
D. Connecticut (Bankruptcy) · Apr 3, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- D. Connecticut (Bankruptcy)
- Record ID
- in-re-kathleen-a-rabon-2026-04-03
- Observed outcome
- The court granted the motion for relief from stay and ordered the debtor's counsel to show cause regarding potential Rule 9011 sanctions for false citations.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court issued a show cause order against the debtor's counsel for submitting false case law citations. The judge explicitly found that the quoted language provided in the debtor's brief did not exist in the cited opinions and that the cases did not support the arguments presented.
The court determined that the debtor's counsel provided false citations after verifying that the quoted language and propositions were absent from the referenced opinions.
Pull-quote every AI-supplied case language directly from the opinion text before filing; paraphrase is not verification.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fabricated Quotes
- Bankruptcy
- Trial
- None Adjudicated
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- The court issued a show cause order against the debtor's counsel during the adjudication of a motion for relief from stay.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
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Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify all case law citations and quoted language directly against the official opinion text.
- Implement a mandatory review process for any legal research generated by AI tools before inclusion in court filings.
- Ensure that all legal propositions are supported by the actual text of the cited authority rather than relying on AI-generated summaries or quotes.