Sean Gottlieb v. Adtalem Global Education
N.D. Illinois · Dec 10, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- N.D. Illinois
- Record ID
- sean-gottlieb-v-adtalem-global-education-2025-12-10
- Observed outcome
- The court issued an order to show cause regarding potential dismissal with prejudice and the award of fees and costs.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court ordered the plaintiff to show cause why his case should not be dismissed with prejudice and why he should not be assessed fees and costs after he submitted a forged administrative exhaustion letter to the court, which he falsely represented as an official document.
The court reasoned that the plaintiff's submission of a document he characterized as a 'true and correct copy' of an official letter, which was later confirmed by the issuing agency to be forged, constituted a fraud upon the court. The court found the plaintiff's subsequent explanation that the document was a 'summary' to be non-credible and inconsistent with his prior filings. Citing inherent authority and Rule 11, the court determined that such conduct warrants potential dismissal with prejudice and the imposition of fees to deter future deception and protect the integrity of the judicial process.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in N.D. Illinois, with the listed outcome: Order to Show Cause.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Employment
- Trial
- Ordered To Show Cause
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Order to Show Cause issued by the district court following a motion for sanctions by the defendant.
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