Thompson v. Nevada Secretary of State
Nevada DC · Aug 4, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- Nevada DC
- Record ID
- thompson-v-nevada-secretary-of-state-2025-08-04
- Observed outcome
- All pending motions were denied, and the court issued a warning regarding the submission of AI-generated, non-existent case law.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court identified a fabricated case citation ('State v. Nye County, 129 Nev. 521 (2013)') in the plaintiff's filings, attributing the error to the use of AI tools for drafting. The court issued a warning regarding the submission of false filings under NRCP 11 but did not impose a monetary sanction in this specific order.
The court reasoned that the cited case did not exist and did not support the plaintiff's arguments. It emphasized that pro se status does not excuse compliance with NRCP 11, and that submitting AI-generated, non-existent cases constitutes a false filing that the court will not condone.
This case illustrates judicial scrutiny of AI-generated hallucinations in pro se filings. It highlights the court's authority to identify and reject non-existent citations under NRCP 11, even when declining to impose monetary sanctions in a specific instance.
Failure modes and consequences
- Hallucinated_case_law
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Civil Rights
- Trial
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Implied
- Recorded tool
- AI (unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Trial Order denying all pending motions for reconsideration and stay, and vacating a scheduled hearing.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court identified the use of AI to draft pleadings.
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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.