Juandel Pena and Martina Ruiz v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
S.D. Florida · Feb 19, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- S.D. Florida
- Record ID
- juandel-pena-and-martina-ruiz-v-wells-fargo-bank-na-2026-02-19
- Observed outcome
- The court recommended denying the plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for Preliminary Injunction and issued a warning regarding potential future sanctions for fabricated citations.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court identified a fabricated legal citation in the plaintiffs' briefing, which it attributed to potential AI use. The court recommended denying the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction and issued a formal warning that future use of AI-hallucinated citations could lead to sanctions.
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited Holden v. Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Inc., 98 F.4th 1359 with a pinpoint to page 1371; the court noted Holden ends at page 1369 and that the cited page does not exist, suggesting an AI-generated or otherwise fabricated citation.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in S.D. Florida, with the listed outcome: no adjudicated outcome recorded.
Failure modes and consequences
- Hallucinated_case_law
- Hallucinated_pinpoint_citation
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Administrative
- Trial
- AI attribution
- Implied
- Recorded tool
- unspecified
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Report and Recommendation on Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for Preliminary Injunction.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court explicitly referenced the possibility of AI-generated citations.
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.