Kelly Bartholomew v. Clackamas County
LUBA (Oregon) · Mar 19, 2026
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Petition for review contained numerous citations to cases that do not exist; LUBA agreed most citations were fabricated. Outcome: Petition struck.
- Why the court cared
- The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Petition struck; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
- Why it matters now
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with Petition struck in LUBA (Oregon), making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Petition for review contained numerous citations to cases that do not exist; LUBA agreed most citations were fabricated. Outcome: Petition struck.
This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with Petition struck in LUBA (Oregon), making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Record details
What the record establishes about AI use
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Petition struck
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: Case Law | Petition for review contained numerous citations to cases that do not exist; LUBA agreed most citations were fabricated.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Bartholomew's reply brief included a fabricated case citation that persisted after the county identified invalid authorities.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Bartholomew cited existing cases and statutes that do exist but do not support the propositions for which they were cited (mischaracterized authorities).
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Kelly Bartholomew v. Clackamas County?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Petition for review contained numerous citations to cases that do not exist; LUBA agreed most citations were fabricated. Outcome: Petition struck.
- Why does Kelly Bartholomew v. Clackamas County matter for legal AI risk?
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with Petition struck in LUBA (Oregon), making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
- What does the public record establish about Kelly Bartholomew v. Clackamas County?
- 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 Kelly Bartholomew v. Clackamas County 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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