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Mercy Wellington v. City of New York
S.D. New York · Apr 30, 2026
NY / federalEditorial impact: lowpro sefake citationscivil rightstrial
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's initial opposition cited six purported authorities that do not appear in legal databases and which the Court concluded were likely AI-hallucinated non-existent opinions; Court could not locate them and warned plaintiff. Outcome: Warning.
- Why the court cared
- The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Warning; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
- Why it matters now
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with Warning in S.D. New York, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's initial opposition cited six purported authorities that do not appear in legal databases and which the Court concluded were likely AI-hallucinated non-existent opinions; Court could not locate them and warned plaintiff. Outcome: Warning.
Operational lesson
This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with Warning in S.D. New York, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Record details
New YorkSingle-state evidence scope
CourtS.D. New York
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit2nd Circuit
DateApr 30, 2026
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typePro Se Litigant
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 | Plaintiff's initial opposition cited six purported authorities that do not appear in legal databases and which the Court concluded were likely AI-hallucinated non-existent opinions; Court could not locate them and warned plaintiff.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Mercy Wellington v. City of New York?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's initial opposition cited six purported authorities that do not appear in legal databases and which the Court concluded were likely AI-hallucinated non-existent opinions; Court could not locate them and warned plaintiff. Outcome: Warning.
- Why does Mercy Wellington v. City of New York matter for legal AI risk?
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with Warning in S.D. New York, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
- What does the public record establish about Mercy Wellington v. City of New York?
- 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 Mercy Wellington v. City of New York 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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