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James C. Young; Tahnee R. Young v. Happy Money
8th Cir. CA (Bankruptcy) · Apr 8, 2026
CA / federalEditorial impact: lowpro sefake citationsmisrepresented authoritybankruptcy
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
Misrepresented: Case Law | Debtors cited "In re Cherrett, 873 F.3d 1060 (9th Cir. 2017)" and relied on it for a sanctions-related proposition; court found the retrieved Cherrett case exists but concerns a different issue (consumer/business debt), so Debtors mischaracterized the case's holding.
- Why the court cared
- The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is the response recorded in the linked source; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
- Why it matters now
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with a recorded judicial response in 8th Cir. CA (Bankruptcy), making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Why this matter is tracked
Misrepresented: Case Law | Debtors cited "In re Cherrett, 873 F.3d 1060 (9th Cir. 2017)" and relied on it for a sanctions-related proposition; court found the retrieved Cherrett case exists but concerns a different issue (consumer/business debt), so Debtors mischaracterized the case's holding.
Operational lesson
This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with a recorded judicial response in 8th Cir. CA (Bankruptcy), making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Record details
CaliforniaSingle-state evidence scope
Court8th Cir. CA (Bankruptcy)
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit8th Circuit
DateApr 8, 2026
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typePro Se Litigant
OutcomeSee source
Known amountNot recorded
Professional sanctionNo
Attribution boundary
What the record establishes about AI use
reported
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Procedural posture
Procedural posture is not separately recorded in the current dataset.
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
4 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Debtors cited "In re Cherrett, 873 F.3d 1060 (9th Cir. 2017)" and relied on it for a sanctions-related proposition; court found the retrieved Cherrett case exists but concerns a different issue (consumer/business debt), so Debtors mischaracterized the case's holding.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Debtors cited "In re Pringle, 377 B.R. 308 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2007)"; court found the citation does not exist as cited and a search returns an unrelated New Mexico case.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Debtors cited "In re Johnson, 276 B.R. 367 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2002)"; court found the citation as cited does not exist and the case retrieved from database was a Delaware opinion unrelated to the issues.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Debtors cited "In re Steward, 475 B.R. 518 (Bankr. E.D. Mo. 2012)"; court's search retrieved Swanson v. Applied Process Technology Int'l, LLC (In re Delta-T Corp.), 475 B.R. 495 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2012), showing the cited page and case do not match Debtors' description.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in James C. Young; Tahnee R. Young v. Happy Money?
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Debtors cited "In re Cherrett, 873 F.3d 1060 (9th Cir. 2017)" and relied on it for a sanctions-related proposition; court found the retrieved Cherrett case exists but concerns a different issue (consumer/business debt), so Debtors mischaracterized the case's holding.
- Why does James C. Young; Tahnee R. Young v. Happy Money matter for legal AI risk?
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with a recorded judicial response in 8th Cir. CA (Bankruptcy), making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
- What does the public record establish about James C. Young; Tahnee R. Young v. Happy Money?
- The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded document is hosted in the upstream publisher archive. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
- Which source supports this James C. Young; Tahnee R. Young v. Happy Money summary?
- The recorded source is Damien Charlotin case archive. It is classified as publisher document archive; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.
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