Nia Elan Davis v. American Airlines, et al.
Record source: imported from Damien Charlotin’s AI Hallucination Cases Database (CC BY 4.0); document hosted in his archive: open the upstream document. What AI Vortex adds.
D. Arizona · Feb 17, 2026
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's opposition (Doc. 35 at 4) cited a non-existent case; defendant flagged it as fictitious in reply and sought sanctions; plaintiff later filed a notice withdrawing the citation; court did not impose sanctions.
- Why the court cared
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's opposition (Doc. 35 at 4) cited a non-existent case; defendant flagged it as fictitious in reply and sought sanctions; plaintiff later filed a notice withdrawing the citation; court did not impose sanctions.
- Why it matters now
- This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in D. Arizona, with the listed outcome: no adjudicated outcome recorded.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's opposition (Doc. 35 at 4) cited a non-existent case; defendant flagged it as fictitious in reply and sought sanctions; plaintiff later filed a notice withdrawing the citation; court did not impose sanctions.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in D. Arizona, with the listed outcome: no adjudicated outcome recorded.
Record details
What the record establishes about AI use
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Procedural posture is not separately recorded in the current dataset.
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 opposition (Doc. 35 at 4) cited a non-existent case; defendant flagged it as fictitious in reply and sought sanctions; plaintiff later filed a notice withdrawing the citation; court did not impose sanctions.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Nia Elan Davis v. American Airlines, et al.?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff's opposition (Doc. 35 at 4) cited a non-existent case; defendant flagged it as fictitious in reply and sought sanctions; plaintiff later filed a notice withdrawing the citation; court did not impose sanctions.
- Why does Nia Elan Davis v. American Airlines, et al. matter for legal AI risk?
- This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in D. Arizona, with the listed outcome: no adjudicated outcome recorded.
- What does the public record establish about Nia Elan Davis v. American Airlines, et al.?
- 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 Nia Elan Davis v. American Airlines, et al. 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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