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Myeesha Parker v. Costco Wholesale Corp.
W.D. Washington · Aug 28, 2025
WA / federalEditorial impact: highfabricated quotesmisrepresented authoritybar referraltrial
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
False Quotes: Case Law | Quoted language attributed to Meissner v. Simpson Timber Co. could not be located in that existing Washington case (false quotation). Outcome: Fine, Adverse Costs Order, Bar Referral. In a later decision, counsel was fined 3,000 USD, plus costs, which came to 3,200 USD. Counsel was also later referred to the Bar.
- Why the court cared
- The record concerns whether quotations and pincites accurately matched the cited source. The tracked outcome is Fine, Adverse Costs Order, Bar Referral; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
- Why it matters now
- Altered quotations and misattributed exhibits trigger fines plus bar referral; treat formatting fidelity as a verification step.
Why this matter is tracked
False Quotes: Case Law | Quoted language attributed to Meissner v. Simpson Timber Co. could not be located in that existing Washington case (false quotation). Outcome: Fine, Adverse Costs Order, Bar Referral. In a later decision, counsel was fined 3,000 USD, plus costs, which came to 3,200 USD. Counsel was also later referred to the Bar.
Operational lesson
Altered quotations and misattributed exhibits trigger fines plus bar referral; treat formatting fidelity as a verification step.
Record details
WashingtonSingle-state evidence scope
CourtW.D. Washington
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit9th Circuit
DateAug 28, 2025
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typeLawyer
OutcomeFine, Adverse Costs Order, Bar Referral
Known amount$6,200
Professional sanctionYes
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
Fine, Adverse Costs Order, Bar Referral
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
9 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Quoted language attributed to Meissner v. Simpson Timber Co. could not be located in that existing Washington case (false quotation).
- False Quotes: Case Law | Quote attributed to 'Blaise v. Underwood' does not appear in the (similarly named) existing case Balise v. Underwood; quoted language not located (false quotation).
- False Quotes: Case Law | Quotation attributed to Capitol Hill Methodist Church of Seattle does not appear where cited; pincite omitted and quoted language not found (false quotation).
- False Quotes: Case Law | In re Sheehan cited with incorrect reporter number and omissions; paragraphs from the opinion appear altered and inserted without ellipses or brackets (misquoted/altered case text).
- False Quotes: Case Law | Scrivener v. Clark College cited with incorrect page and typographical errors; quoted language placement incorrect (misquote/pincite error).
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Cited Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit authorities (Martel v. Clair and United States v. Emmett) used to support an "is regularly applied" formulation in the Ninth Circuit—both cases inapplicable to the asserted Rule 4(m) proposition and do not contain the quoted phrase (misapplied/misrepresented precedent).
- False Quotes: Case Law | Beecher v. Wallace quotation reproduced with altered punctuation, capitalization, paragraph breaks, and reporter formatting differing from the original opinion (altered quote/formatting).
- Misrepresented: Exhibits & Submissions | Counsel represented a document at Dkt. 21-3 as a declaration and quoted language that does not appear there; similar language existed in a different docketed declaration filed by Defendant—Counsel misattributed/ misquoted the record (misrepresentation of exhibits).
Show 1 additional discrepancies
- Misrepresented: Exhibits & Submissions | Investigation report from ABC Messenger Service (Exhibit 9) quoted inaccurately—Counsel added language stating the report 'ensur[ed] that each required document was presented' though the filed report does not include that assurance (misquote of exhibit).
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Myeesha Parker v. Costco Wholesale Corp.?
- False Quotes: Case Law | Quoted language attributed to Meissner v. Simpson Timber Co. could not be located in that existing Washington case (false quotation). Outcome: Fine, Adverse Costs Order, Bar Referral. In a later decision, counsel was fined 3,000 USD, plus costs, which came to 3,200 USD. Counsel was also later referred to the Bar.
- Why does Myeesha Parker v. Costco Wholesale Corp. matter for legal AI risk?
- Altered quotations and misattributed exhibits trigger fines plus bar referral; treat formatting fidelity as a verification step.
- What does the public record establish about Myeesha Parker v. Costco Wholesale Corp.?
- The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded link is a secondary or other public source and should be checked against the docket where available. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
- Which source supports this Myeesha Parker v. Costco Wholesale Corp. summary?
- The recorded source is reason.com. It is classified as secondary or other linked source; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.
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