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Martha Liliana Picon-Diaz et al. v. Pamela J. Bondi
10th Cir. CA · Feb 13, 2026
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Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel repeatedly cited and quoted a non-existent Tenth Circuit decision captioned 'Rodriguez-Romero v. Garland, 60 F.4th 1283 (10th Cir. 2023)'; the court found no such opinion and that the pincites pointed to unrelated cases (Wesley and Diaz-Menera), concluding the citation appears fabricated, likely generated by AI. Outcome: Warning.
- Why the court cared
- Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel repeatedly cited and quoted a non-existent Tenth Circuit decision captioned 'Rodriguez-Romero v. Garland, 60 F.4th 1283 (10th Cir. 2023)'; the court found no such opinion and that the pincites pointed to unrelated cases (Wesley and Diaz-Menera), concluding the citation appears fabricated, likely generated by AI.
- Why it matters now
- Pull every circuit-court cite directly from Westlaw or the court's PACER docket; AI will invent plausible F.4th numbers.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel repeatedly cited and quoted a non-existent Tenth Circuit decision captioned 'Rodriguez-Romero v. Garland, 60 F.4th 1283 (10th Cir. 2023)'; the court found no such opinion and that the pincites pointed to unrelated cases (Wesley and Diaz-Menera), concluding the citation appears fabricated, likely generated by AI. Outcome: Warning.
Operational lesson
Pull every circuit-court cite directly from Westlaw or the court's PACER docket; AI will invent plausible F.4th numbers.
Record details
Court10th Cir. CA
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit10th Circuit
DateFeb 13, 2026
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typeLawyer
OutcomeWarning
Known amountNot recorded
Professional sanctionNo
Attribution boundary
What the record establishes about AI use
reported
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Procedural posture
Warning
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
1 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel repeatedly cited and quoted a non-existent Tenth Circuit decision captioned 'Rodriguez-Romero v. Garland, 60 F.4th 1283 (10th Cir. 2023)'; the court found no such opinion and that the pincites pointed to unrelated cases (Wesley and Diaz-Menera), concluding the citation appears fabricated, likely generated by AI.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Martha Liliana Picon-Diaz et al. v. Pamela J. Bondi?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel repeatedly cited and quoted a non-existent Tenth Circuit decision captioned 'Rodriguez-Romero v. Garland, 60 F.4th 1283 (10th Cir. 2023)'; the court found no such opinion and that the pincites pointed to unrelated cases (Wesley and Diaz-Menera), concluding the citation appears fabricated, likely generated by AI. Outcome: Warning.
- Why does Martha Liliana Picon-Diaz et al. v. Pamela J. Bondi matter for legal AI risk?
- Pull every circuit-court cite directly from Westlaw or the court's PACER docket; AI will invent plausible F.4th numbers.
- What does the public record establish about Martha Liliana Picon-Diaz et al. v. Pamela J. Bondi?
- Retained unchanged after audit: the existing summary is source-specific, non-placeholder, and supported by the recorded source link. Read the underlying source before relying on it for legal advice or a filing.
- Which source supports this Martha Liliana Picon-Diaz et al. v. Pamela J. Bondi 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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