Levy v. Google LLC
W.D. Washington · Dec 22, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- W.D. Washington
- Record ID
- levy-v-google-llc-2025-12-22
- Observed outcome
- Summary judgment granted for defendant; court issued a formal warning to the plaintiff regarding the use of fabricated citations and misquotations.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court issued a warning to the pro se plaintiff for citing nonexistent case law and misquoting authorities in his opposition brief. The court explicitly stated that such behavior is unacceptable and could lead to sanctions, despite the plaintiff's pro se status.
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Kelley v. Conan, 555 F.3d 630, 634 (8th Cir. 2009); the court could not locate this case and found the citation appears to be nonexistent. || Fabricated: Exhibits & Submissions | Plaintiff referenced 'Exhibit X' and 'Exhibit Y' in support of asserted meetings but did not file or locate those exhibits in the record; the court found the referenced exhibits were absent. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff cited and quoted language attributed to Diaz v. Pan American World Airways, Inc. but provided an incorrect citation and the quoted language does not appear in the actual Diaz opinion; the court noted the citation error and that the case does not address pretext. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Villiarimo with an incorrect citation and attributed language not found in the actual Villiarimo decision; the court flagged the miscitation and misquotation. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Springer v. Boeing, 138 Wash. App. 248 (1997); the court was unable to locate the case and noted the citation does not appear in legal databases. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Bahrampour v. Lampert and attributed language and an employment-law proposition not present in that decision; the court noted the quotation/language does not appear in the cited opinion.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in W.D. Washington, with the listed outcome: Warning.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Employment
- Trial
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Summary judgment granted for defendant; warning issued to plaintiff regarding litigation conduct.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.
- Confirm that every authority actually supports the proposition for which it is offered.