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Mitchell Taylor Button & Dusty Button v. Sigrid McCawley
S.D. Florida · Feb 4, 2026
FL / federalEditorial impact: lowpro sefake citationsfabricated quotesmisrepresented authority
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited In re: Marriage of Smith, 195 Cal. App. 4th 1007, 1018 (2011), which the court identified as a non-existent authority as presented. Outcome: Show Cause Order; Order to certify review of citations.
- Why the court cared
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited In re: Marriage of Smith, 195 Cal. App. 4th 1007, 1018 (2011), which the court identified as a non-existent authority as presented. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiffs attributed the quotation "Dismissal based on a legal defense does not equate to frivolity." to Parekh; court found Parekh contains no such language. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiffs attributed a quotation about use of confidential information to In re Shell Oil Refinery; court found the quoted material is not in that case. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited Lopez v. Bank of Am., N.A., No. 14-cv-2524, 2016 WL 4131149 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 3, 2016), which the court found does not exist as cited. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited Harris v. City of Auburn, 2018 WL 3329858 (M.D. Ala. July 6, 2018), which the court determined was a mis-citation (the cited decision did not exist as presented). || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited Avery v. Ward, 2014 WL 4748452, at *3 (S.D. Ala. Sept. 23, 2014), which the court found does not exist as cited. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiffs quoted language attributed to Schwartz v. Millon Air, Inc., 341 F.3d 1220, 1225 (11th Cir. 2003) that does not appear in that opinion; court found the quotation fabricated/misattributed. || Misrepresented: Exhibits & Submissions | Plaintiffs claimed the magistrate's R&R contained language calling them 'serial litigants' and accusing them of filing to 'harass' and being 'retaliatory'; the court found those characterizations do not appear in the R&R.
- Why it matters now
- This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in S.D. Florida, with the listed outcome: Show Cause Order; Order to certify review of citations.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited In re: Marriage of Smith, 195 Cal. App. 4th 1007, 1018 (2011), which the court identified as a non-existent authority as presented. Outcome: Show Cause Order; Order to certify review of citations.
Operational lesson
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in S.D. Florida, with the listed outcome: Show Cause Order; Order to certify review of citations.
Record details
FloridaSingle-state evidence scope
CourtS.D. Florida
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit11th Circuit
DateFeb 4, 2026
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typePro Se Litigant
OutcomeShow Cause Order; Order to certify review of citations
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
Show Cause Order; Order to certify review of citations
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
8 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited In re: Marriage of Smith, 195 Cal. App. 4th 1007, 1018 (2011), which the court identified as a non-existent authority as presented.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiffs attributed the quotation "Dismissal based on a legal defense does not equate to frivolity." to Parekh; court found Parekh contains no such language.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiffs attributed a quotation about use of confidential information to In re Shell Oil Refinery; court found the quoted material is not in that case.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited Lopez v. Bank of Am., N.A., No. 14-cv-2524, 2016 WL 4131149 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 3, 2016), which the court found does not exist as cited.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited Harris v. City of Auburn, 2018 WL 3329858 (M.D. Ala. July 6, 2018), which the court determined was a mis-citation (the cited decision did not exist as presented).
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited Avery v. Ward, 2014 WL 4748452, at *3 (S.D. Ala. Sept. 23, 2014), which the court found does not exist as cited.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiffs quoted language attributed to Schwartz v. Millon Air, Inc., 341 F.3d 1220, 1225 (11th Cir. 2003) that does not appear in that opinion; court found the quotation fabricated/misattributed.
- Misrepresented: Exhibits & Submissions | Plaintiffs claimed the magistrate's R&R contained language calling them 'serial litigants' and accusing them of filing to 'harass' and being 'retaliatory'; the court found those characterizations do not appear in the R&R.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Mitchell Taylor Button & Dusty Button v. Sigrid McCawley?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited In re: Marriage of Smith, 195 Cal. App. 4th 1007, 1018 (2011), which the court identified as a non-existent authority as presented. Outcome: Show Cause Order; Order to certify review of citations.
- Why does Mitchell Taylor Button & Dusty Button v. Sigrid McCawley matter for legal AI risk?
- This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in S.D. Florida, with the listed outcome: Show Cause Order; Order to certify review of citations.
- What does the public record establish about Mitchell Taylor Button & Dusty Button v. Sigrid McCawley?
- 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 Mitchell Taylor Button & Dusty Button v. Sigrid McCawley 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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