Nathan Strong v. The United States
Court of Federal Claims · Nov 13, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- Court of Federal Claims
- Record ID
- nathan-strong-v-the-united-states-2025-11-13
- Observed outcome
- The court granted the government's motion to dismiss and issued a formal warning to the plaintiff regarding the use of fabricated citations.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court issued a formal warning to the pro se plaintiff regarding the submission of fabricated case citations and false legal quotations. The court noted that while it did not impose sanctions in this instance, future filings containing false information could result in formal sanctions.
False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff quoted the MSPB decision as saying "such claims must be brought in another forum," but the quote does not appear in Strong v. Office of Special Counsel, No. DC-1221-23-0052-W-1, 2023 MSPB LEXIS 106; court independently verified the misquote. || False Quotes: Case Law | Plaintiff attributed two statements to Stovall v. United States that do not appear in that opinion; court noted the statements are not in 71 Fed. Cl. 696 (2006). || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a non-existent case, "Brands v. United States," which the court found to be fabricated. || Fabricated: Case Law | Government identified (and court independently verified) several other non-existent cases cited throughout plaintiff's filings (the government flagged eight such citations).
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in Court of Federal Claims, with the listed outcome: Warning.
Failure modes and consequences
- Hallucinated_case_law
- Fabricated_quotes
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Contract
- AI attribution
- Implied
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- The court granted the government's motion to dismiss the plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim and denied the plaintiff's pending motions to supplement pleadings and take judicial notice.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court questioned whether the false citations resulted from AI hallucinations.
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Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
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.