The Doc App, Inc. d/b/a My Florida Green v. Leafwell, Inc. (1)
M.D. Florida · Nov 26, 2025
What happened in this matter?
The court sanctioned attorney Jason Castro for submitting filings containing fabricated case law and misrepresented authorities. The court ordered the attorney to pay the defendant's reasonable attorney's fees and costs, complete mandatory continuing legal education, attach the court's sanction order to all future filings in the district, and referred the attorney to the Florida Bar for further disciplinary action.
- Why the court cared
- Fabricated: Case Law | Motion cited Henson v. Allison Transmission with reporter/citation No. 6:16-cv-1223-Orl-41DCI, 2017 WL 59085 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 5, 2017), which the Court confirmed does not exist; counsel later said he intended a different Henson (2008 WL 239153), but that case does not support the propositions cited. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Motion cited State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Pressley as 727 So. 2d 1019, 1020 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999) (yielded nothing in Westlaw); counsel later pointed to 28 So. 3d 105 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), but that decision does not contain the quoted phrase or discuss the statute counsel attributed to it. || False Quotes: Case Law | At least two quotations in the Motion were presented as direct quotes but the cited cases do not contain the quoted language (counsel claimed an earlier draft/paraphrase error).
- Why it matters now
- This record documents a Lawyer filing issue in M.D. Florida, with the listed outcome: Costs Order; CLE Order; Order to file Order in any future filing; Bar Referral.
Why this matter is tracked
In The Doc App, Inc. v. Leafwell, Inc., the M.D. Florida court sanctioned attorney Jason Castro for filing a motion containing fabricated case citations, misattributed quotes, and cases that did not support the propositions for which they were cited. Despite the plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of the case, the court exercised its retained jurisdiction to impose sanctions under Rule 11. The court rejected the attorney's characterization of these errors as clerical, noting a pattern of bad-faith conduct and a lack of candor. Sanctions included an order to pay the defendant's reasonable attorney's fees and costs, a mandatory CLE requirement, a requirement to attach the court's order to future filings, and a referral to the Florida Bar for disciplinary review.
This record documents a Lawyer filing issue in M.D. Florida, with the listed outcome: Costs Order; CLE Order; Order to file Order in any future filing; Bar Referral.
Record details
What the record establishes about AI use
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The court issued an Order to Show Cause regarding sanctions following the filing of a Motion for Temporary Restraining Order containing fabricated and misrepresented legal authorities. The plaintiff subsequently filed a notice of voluntary dismissal. The court retained jurisdiction to rule on the sanctions motion and issued an Opinion and Order imposing sanctions.
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
3 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Motion cited Henson v. Allison Transmission with reporter/citation No. 6:16-cv-1223-Orl-41DCI, 2017 WL 59085 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 5, 2017), which the Court confirmed does not exist; counsel later said he intended a different Henson (2008 WL 239153), but that case does not support the propositions cited.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Motion cited State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Pressley as 727 So. 2d 1019, 1020 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999) (yielded nothing in Westlaw); counsel later pointed to 28 So. 3d 105 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), but that decision does not contain the quoted phrase or discuss the statute counsel attributed to it.
- False Quotes: Case Law | At least two quotations in the Motion were presented as direct quotes but the cited cases do not contain the quoted language (counsel claimed an earlier draft/paraphrase error).
Questions this record answers
- What happened in The Doc App, Inc. d/b/a My Florida Green v. Leafwell, Inc. (1)?
- The court sanctioned attorney Jason Castro for submitting filings containing fabricated case law and misrepresented authorities. The court ordered the attorney to pay the defendant's reasonable attorney's fees and costs, complete mandatory continuing legal education, attach the court's sanction order to all future filings in the district, and referred the attorney to the Florida Bar for further disciplinary action.
- Why does The Doc App, Inc. d/b/a My Florida Green v. Leafwell, Inc. (1) matter for legal AI risk?
- This record documents a Lawyer filing issue in M.D. Florida, with the listed outcome: Costs Order; CLE Order; Order to file Order in any future filing; Bar Referral.
- What does the public record establish about The Doc App, Inc. d/b/a My Florida Green v. Leafwell, Inc. (1)?
- Retained unchanged after audit: the existing summary is source-specific, non-placeholder, and supported by the recorded source link. Read the underlying source before relying on it for legal advice or a filing.
- Which source supports this The Doc App, Inc. d/b/a My Florida Green v. Leafwell, Inc. (1) 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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