Segui v. Moniz
D. Arizona · Mar 24, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- D. Arizona
- Record ID
- segui-v-moniz-2026-03-24
- Observed outcome
- The Court granted motions to dismiss and issued an Order to Show Cause requiring Plaintiffs' counsel to explain why Rule 11 sanctions should not be imposed for the fabricated citation.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The Court ordered Plaintiffs' counsel to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed under Rule 11 for citing a nonexistent case. The Court identified the citation as fabricated and noted that the legal proposition it purportedly supported was also incorrect under Arizona law.
The Court reasoned that citing nonexistent authority violates the duty under Rule 11(b)(2) to ensure legal citations are warranted by existing law and the product of reasonable inquiry. It explicitly stated that the fabrication of citations, whether via AI or otherwise, undermines judicial integrity.
A single fabricated state-court cite triggers Rule 11 show-cause — verify every cite against the official reporter before filing.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Civil Rights
- Trial
- Ordered To Show Cause
- AI attribution
- Implied
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Order to Show Cause issued sua sponte by the District Court following a motion to dismiss.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court mentions AI as a potential source of the fabrication.
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify the existence, citation, court, and precedential status of every authority before filing.
- Apply the same source-checking controls to AI (implied, unspecified) output as to any other research input.
- Read the linked source and subsequent docket history before relying on this record for legal work.