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Teniah Tercero v. Sacramento Logistics, LLC, et al.
E.D. California · Sep 9, 2025
CA / federalEditorial impact: highfake citationsfabricated quotesmisrepresented authoritypublished opinion
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited a nonexistent Seventh Circuit opinion; court found no such published Seventh Circuit opinion under that citation. Outcome: Monetary sanction; Order to be server on client; State Bar notified.
- Why the court cared
- The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Monetary sanction; Order to be server on client; State Bar notified; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
- Why it matters now
- Even a $1,500 sanction triggers State Bar notice and client disclosure — treat every AI cite as a bar-referral risk.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited a nonexistent Seventh Circuit opinion; court found no such published Seventh Circuit opinion under that citation. Outcome: Monetary sanction; Order to be server on client; State Bar notified.
Operational lesson
Even a $1,500 sanction triggers State Bar notice and client disclosure — treat every AI cite as a bar-referral risk.
Record details
CaliforniaSingle-state evidence scope
CourtE.D. California
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit9th Circuit
DateSep 9, 2025
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typeLawyer
OutcomeMonetary sanction; Order to be server on client; State Bar notified
Known amount$1,500
Professional sanctionYes
Attribution boundary
What the record establishes about AI use
reported
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Procedural posture
Monetary sanction; Order to be server on client; State Bar notified
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
7 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited a nonexistent Seventh Circuit opinion; court found no such published Seventh Circuit opinion under that citation.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Attorney attributed a quotation to In re Loudermilch that does not appear there; court found the quoted language actually appears in Seedman (9th Cir.).
- False Quotes: Case Law | Counsel quoted language about lack of jurisdiction/compelling arbitration and attributed it to Atlantic Marine; the case discusses forum-selection clauses and does not contain the quoted language.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Counsel attributed a statement about liberal application of Rule 60(b)(6) to Ackermann; court found Ackermann does not contain that language.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Counsel cited Tittjung as stating a judgment is void when rendered by a court lacking jurisdiction; court found Tittjung actually explains lack of subject-matter jurisdiction will not always render a judgment void, so the citation was misleading.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Counsel quoted Beggerly as addressing Rule 60(b)(6); court found Beggerly does not discuss 60(b)(6) and the parenthetical was inaccurate.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited a nonexistent Eleventh Circuit opinion; court searched reporters and found no such case or reporter entry.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Teniah Tercero v. Sacramento Logistics, LLC, et al.?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Counsel cited a nonexistent Seventh Circuit opinion; court found no such published Seventh Circuit opinion under that citation. Outcome: Monetary sanction; Order to be server on client; State Bar notified.
- Why does Teniah Tercero v. Sacramento Logistics, LLC, et al. matter for legal AI risk?
- Even a $1,500 sanction triggers State Bar notice and client disclosure — treat every AI cite as a bar-referral risk.
- What does the public record establish about Teniah Tercero v. Sacramento Logistics, LLC, et al.?
- The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded document is hosted in the upstream publisher archive. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
- Which source supports this Teniah Tercero v. Sacramento Logistics, LLC, et al. summary?
- The recorded source is Damien Charlotin case archive. It is classified as publisher document archive; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.
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