Thomas Dexter Jakes v. Duane Youngblood
W.D. Pennsylvania · Oct 6, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- W.D. Pennsylvania
- Record ID
- thomas-dexter-jakes-v-duane-youngblood-2025-10-06
- Observed outcome
- Monetary Sanction; Pro Hac Vice status revoked
- Known monetary consequence
- $5,000
Why this matter warrants attention
False Quotes: Exhibits & Submissions | Fabricated quotation attributed to the Court's April 25, 2025 Memorandum Opinion; Court found no such language in its opinion. Outcome: Monetary Sanction; Pro Hac Vice status revoked. Original Show Cause Order is here.
The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Monetary Sanction; Pro Hac Vice status revoked; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
Fabricated quotes ending in pro hac vice revocation — verify every quotation character-for-character against the source opinion.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Fabricated Quotes
- Misrepresented Authority
- Published Opinion
- Trial
- Monetary
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- $5,000
- Procedural posture
- Monetary Sanction; Pro Hac Vice status revoked
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What this record does—and does not—establish
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Latest evidence review: Secondary Source Only (medium confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify the existence, citation, court, and precedential status of every authority before filing.
- Compare every quoted passage and pincite directly with the underlying opinion or filing.
- Confirm that each authority supports the stated proposition and has not been mischaracterized.
- Escalate unresolved verification failures before filing and preserve the responsible reviewer's signoff record.