Joann LeDoux v. Outliers, Inc.
W.D. Wash. · Aug 18, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- W.D. Wash.
- Record ID
- joann-ledoux-v-outliers-inc-2026-08-18
- Observed outcome
- Court issued sua sponte sanctions against Plaintiff's counsel for submitting AI-generated false citations; excluded expert Dr. Gabriel Holguin for unreliability and excluded/struck other expert evidence tied to the false citations.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
Fabricated: Other | AI-generated formatted citation table appended to expert reports of James Kababick and Ronald Shippee contained numerous false/fabricated academic citations; plaintiff admitted providing the same AI-generated citation table to both experts. Outcome: Court issued sua sponte sanctions against Plaintiff's counsel for submitting AI-generated false citations; excluded expert Dr. Gabriel Holguin for unreliability and excluded/struck other expert evidence tied to the false citations.. Plaintiff's counsel used generative AI (Claude and ChatGPT) to produce a formatted citation table appended to expert reports, which contained numerous fabricated/false academic citations. The Court found these AI-generated citations undermined expert credibility, sanctioned counsel sua sponte, and excluded expert testimony (notably Dr. Holguin) as unreliable under Daubert because the hallucinated citations showed lack of verification and shattered credibility. The Court relied on counsel's admitted use of AI and the similarity of errors across expert reports in reaching these conclusions.
The structured public record identifies fake citations and trial and records Court issued sua sponte sanctions against Plaintiff's counsel for submitting AI-generated false citations; excluded expert Dr. Gabriel Holguin for unreliability and excluded/struck other expert evidence tied to the false citations.. The linked source controls the precise reasoning and procedural context.
This matter connects fake citations and trial with Court issued sua sponte sanctions against Plaintiff's counsel for submitting AI-generated false citations; excluded expert Dr. Gabriel Holguin for unreliability and excluded/struck other expert evidence tied to the false citations. in W.D. Wash.. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Trial
- Struck Filing
- Professional
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- Claude and ChatGPT
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Court issued sua sponte sanctions against Plaintiff's counsel for submitting AI-generated false citations; excluded expert Dr. Gabriel Holguin for unreliability and excluded/struck other expert evidence tied to the false citations.
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