Rosa Maria Cabrera Thompson v. Seattle Public Schools
W.D. Washington · Mar 31, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- W.D. Washington
- Record ID
- rosa-maria-cabrera-thompson-v-seattle-public-schools-2026-03-31
- Observed outcome
- The court granted in part and denied in part the motion to amend and issued an order to show cause regarding sanctions for fabricated citations.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court ordered the pro se plaintiff to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for her continued citation of non-existent legal authority, noting that the plaintiff had previously been cautioned against this practice.
The court reasoned that the plaintiff's continued reliance on nonexistent legal authority, despite prior warnings, necessitated a show-cause order to determine if sanctions are appropriate.
Docket-number mismatches are an instant tell — courts pull the record and issue show-cause the same day.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Employment
- Trial
- Ordered To Show Cause
- AI attribution
- Not Established
- Recorded tool
- No tool named in source
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Order on Motion to Amend, including an Order to Show Cause regarding sanctions.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Implement automated verification of all case citations and docket numbers against official court databases before filing.
- Establish a review protocol for pro se filings to identify and correct potential citation errors before they reach the court.
- Monitor docket entries for judicial warnings regarding research accuracy to prevent escalation to sanction proceedings.