Mattson & Dostal v. Rosebud Electric Cooperative et al.
D. South Dakota · Nov 17, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- D. South Dakota
- Record ID
- mattson-dostal-v-rosebud-electric-cooperative-et-al-2025-11-17
- Observed outcome
- Warning: court declined to sanction the pro se plaintiffs and told them to review and abide by Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b) in future filings (Doc. 42, section VIII)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
Fabricated: Case Law | Defendants flagged numerous fictitious case citations and incorrect case citations in Plaintiffs' response brief; Plaintiffs later filed a Notice of Corrected Citations and the Court noted the issue. Outcome: Warning (the court declined to sanction the pro se plaintiffs and told them to review and abide by Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b) in future filings, Doc. 42, section VIII). Defendants' reply identified fictitious cases, incorrect citations, and non-existent quotations in Plaintiffs' response brief. Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Corrected Citations;…
Fabricated: Case Law | Defendants flagged numerous fictitious case citations and incorrect case citations in Plaintiffs' response brief; Plaintiffs later filed a Notice of Corrected Citations and the Court noted the issue. || False Quotes: Case Law | Defendants identified non-existent quotations and misquoted case law in Plaintiffs' brief; Plaintiffs filed corrections and the Court reviewed the submissions, declining sanctions.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in D. South Dakota, with the listed outcome: Warning.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Administrative
- Trial
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Warning: court declined to sanction the pro se plaintiffs and told them to review and abide by Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b) in future filings (Doc. 42, section VIII)
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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.
- Escalate and correct a suspect filing promptly, with a documented response.