Jacob Barry Allston v. Ron DeSantis, et al.
M.D. Florida · Dec 4, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- M.D. Florida
- Record ID
- jacob-barry-allston-v-ron-desantis-et-al-2025-12-04
- Observed outcome
- The court overruled the plaintiff's objections, dismissed the Second Amended Complaint without prejudice, and issued a formal warning regarding the use of fabricated legal authority.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court issued a formal warning to a pro se litigant for submitting filings containing fabricated case law and false quotations. The court explicitly attributed the likely source of these errors to the use of AI technology and cautioned that future occurrences of such conduct would result in severe sanctions, including potential dismissal with prejudice.
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a purported Eleventh Circuit case 'United States v. Roses, 39 F.4th 113 (11th Cir. 2022)' which the Court found does not appear to be a real case. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed a quotation to Jackson v. Bank of Am. that the Court and opposing counsel showed does not appear in that decision. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed a quote to Varnes v. Local 91 (674 F.2d 1365) that the Court found is not present in that case.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in M.D. Florida, with the listed outcome: Warning.
Failure modes and consequences
- Hallucinated_case_law
- Fabricated_quotations
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Civil Rights
- AI attribution
- Implied
- Recorded tool
- AI (unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Order on objections to a Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation and various non-dispositive orders.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court noted the plaintiff may be using AI technology.
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.
- Confirm that every authority actually supports the proposition for which it is offered.