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James F. v. Commissioner of Social Security
E.D. Michigan · Jul 13, 2026
MI / federalEditorial impact: lowfake citationsadministrativetrial
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Exhibits & Submissions | Attorney Rich represented that on May 31, 2023 the provider observed the plaintiff's "speech was notably off," but the actual note stated the provider "did not notice that his speech was off notably at all." The court identified this as a misrepresentation of the medical record. Outcome: CLE. The court found Attorney Erin Rich submitted briefings that contained false or embellished factual statements drawn from medical records (e.g., misstating a speech-therapy note, misdating primary-care records, and asserting “numerous seizures” when the record showed a single generalized seizure).…
- Why the court cared
- The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is CLE; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
- Why it matters now
- This matter connects fake citations and administrative involving Unidentified with CLE in E.D. Michigan, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Exhibits & Submissions | Attorney Rich represented that on May 31, 2023 the provider observed the plaintiff's "speech was notably off," but the actual note stated the provider "did not notice that his speech was off notably at all." The court identified this as a misrepresentation of the medical record. Outcome: CLE. The court found Attorney Erin Rich submitted briefings that contained false or embellished factual statements drawn from medical records (e.g., misstating a speech-therapy note, misdating primary-care records, and asserting “numerous seizures” when the record showed a single generalized seizure). Rich admitted reliance on prior work product and that her firm occasionally uses AI to summarize records, but could not identify a specific tool. The court held the falsities violated Rule 11, found the conduct willful within the firm’s chain of command, and imposed non-monetary sanctions (CLE courses including ethics/AI topics and an order to review pending motions) to deter repetition.
Operational lesson
This matter connects fake citations and administrative involving Unidentified with CLE in E.D. Michigan, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Record details
MichiganSingle-state evidence scope
CourtE.D. Michigan
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit6th Circuit
DateJul 13, 2026
UN
AI toolUnidentified
Party typeLawyer
OutcomeCLE
Known amountNot recorded
Professional sanctionNo
Attribution boundary
What the record establishes about AI use
not established
The current record does not establish a specific AI tool. Do not infer AI use beyond the source.
Procedural posture
CLE
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
3 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Exhibits & Submissions | Attorney Rich represented that on May 31, 2023 the provider observed the plaintiff's "speech was notably off," but the actual note stated the provider "did not notice that his speech was off notably at all." The court identified this as a misrepresentation of the medical record.
- Fabricated: Exhibits & Submissions | Rich claimed primary care records showed ongoing treatment through August 2024, but the cited records were from April–September 2022, predating the alleged disability period; the court found the timeline misstated.
- Fabricated: Exhibits & Submissions | Rich asserted the plaintiff had "numerous seizures," but the administrative record cited documents only a single generalized seizure requiring intubation/ICU; the court found no factual support for 'numerous' seizures.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in James F. v. Commissioner of Social Security?
- Fabricated: Exhibits & Submissions | Attorney Rich represented that on May 31, 2023 the provider observed the plaintiff's "speech was notably off," but the actual note stated the provider "did not notice that his speech was off notably at all." The court identified this as a misrepresentation of the medical record. Outcome: CLE. The court found Attorney Erin Rich submitted briefings that contained false or embellished factual statements drawn from medical records (e.g., misstating a speech-therapy note, misdating primary-care records, and asserting “numerous seizures” when the record showed a single generalized seizure).…
- Why does James F. v. Commissioner of Social Security matter for legal AI risk?
- This matter connects fake citations and administrative involving Unidentified with CLE in E.D. Michigan, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
- What does the public record establish about James F. v. Commissioner of Social Security?
- 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 F. v. Commissioner of Social Security 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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