Magee v. New Balance Athletics, Inc.
E.D. Arkansas · Dec 2, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- E.D. Arkansas
- Record ID
- magee-v-new-balance-athletics-inc-2025-12-02
- Observed outcome
- The plaintiff's response was stricken, and the court issued an order to show cause regarding potential monetary sanctions.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court struck the plaintiff's AI-generated response to a motion to dismiss after finding it contained fabricated case law, false quotations, and pervasive misstatements of authority. Additionally, the court issued an order to show cause requiring the plaintiff to explain why monetary sanctions should not be imposed for the submission.
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's AI-generated filing included two entirely fabricated case citations; New Balance identified and alleged fabrication in its motion to strike; the Court relied on the motion and stricken the filing. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff's response contained invented/false quotations attributed to multiple cases (New Balance alleged 23 false quotations); the Court found the false quotations pervasive and struck the filing. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Plaintiff misstated the holdings of numerous authorities (New Balance alleged 27 of 30 cases were misstated); the Court found the misstatements interwoven with argument and therefore unreliable.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in E.D. Arkansas, with the listed outcome: Brief Stricken; Order to Show Cause.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fabricated_case_law
- False_quotations
- Misrepresented_authority
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- AI attribution
- Admitted
- Recorded tool
- generative AI
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- The court granted the defendant's motion to strike the plaintiff's response to a motion to dismiss and issued an order to show cause regarding potential monetary sanctions.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The plaintiff admitted to using generative AI.
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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.