Peiman Shayan v. Ebby Shakib
CA California · Dec 1, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- CA California
- Record ID
- peiman-shayan-v-ebby-shakib-2025-12-01
- Observed outcome
- The court struck the opening brief, ordered the attorney to pay $7,500 in sanctions to the court, and referred the attorney to the State Bar.
- Known monetary consequence
- $7,500
Why this matter warrants attention
The court sanctioned attorney Fahim Farivar for submitting a brief with fabricated citations and quotes. The court struck the brief, imposed a $7,500 monetary sanction payable to the court, and referred the attorney to the State Bar for professional misconduct, regardless of whether the errors originated from AI or human drafting processes.
Misrepresented: Case Law | Brief attributes language about fees and prevailing party status to Gogri v. Jack in the Box Inc., but Gogri does not discuss fees or prevailing party status; court found this fabrication goes beyond paraphrase. || Fabricated: Exhibits & Submissions | Opening brief quotes a hearing transcript passage presented as from this case but actually from DZCollections v. Abadi (RT 11/09/23); court found the quoted passage was from a different matter and portions were omitted. || False Quotes: Case Law | Brief attributes a condensed/reassembled quotation to Berman v. Bromberg that does not appear in the decision in that form; court compared actual text and found the brief's quote improperly compressed and misleading.
Calling fabricated citations 'clerical errors' escalates sanctions — accept responsibility immediately to avoid the bar referral.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Misrepresented Authority
- Bar Referral
- Contract
- Appellate
- AI attribution
- Alleged
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- $7,500
- Procedural posture
- The court issued an order on a motion for sanctions, striking the appellant's opening brief, imposing monetary sanctions, and ordering a referral to the State Bar.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The respondent alleged AI use, which the attorney denied, but the court found the underlying failure to verify was the primary issue.
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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.
- Escalate and correct a suspect filing promptly, with a documented response.
- Retain a matter-level record of source checks and corrections.