Reketta L. Montgomery v. Acquisition Experts, LLC
E.D. North Carolina · Jan 13, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- E.D. North Carolina
- Record ID
- reketta-l-montgomery-v-acquisition-experts-llc-2026-01-13
- Observed outcome
- The court denied the plaintiff's motion for leave to amend her opposition and granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint in its entirety.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court denied the pro se plaintiff's motion for leave to amend her opposition to a motion to dismiss after identifying that she had included numerous fictitious or fake case citations in her filings. The court emphasized that pro se litigants remain bound by Rule 11 requirements despite their reliance on digital research tools.
Fabricated: Case Law | Defendant identified numerous fictitious or fake case citations in both memoranda filed by the pro se plaintiff; the court found the citations to be fictitious and relied on that finding in denying leave to amend.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in E.D. North Carolina, with the listed outcome: Warning.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Employment
- Trial
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Admitted
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified digital research tools
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- The court denied the plaintiff's motion for leave to amend her opposition to the defendant's motion to dismiss and granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint in its entirety.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
Plaintiff admitted relying on digital research tools.
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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.