Thu Thuy Nguyen v. PennyMac Loan Services
D. Nevada · Jan 7, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- D. Nevada
- Record ID
- thu-thuy-nguyen-v-pennymac-loan-services-2026-01-07
- Observed outcome
- The Court issued a warning to the plaintiff regarding the use of fake citations and stated it would entertain a motion for attorney's fees for costs incurred by defendants in responding to the filings.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The Court issued a formal warning to the pro se plaintiff regarding the citation of fabricated legal authorities. The Court also explicitly stated it would entertain a motion for attorney's fees from the defendants to recover costs associated with addressing the plaintiff's inclusion of these fake citations in her filings.
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Obot v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; the Court could not locate the D. Nev. decision and concluded it was fake. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited McCart-Pollak v. On Demand Capital Grp., LLC; the Court was unable to locate this D. Nev. decision and found it to be fake. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited U.S. Bank N.A. v. Farhi; the Court could not locate the authority as cited and determined it to be fake. || Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited Bernard v. First Horizon Home Loan Corp.; the Court was unable to locate the D. Nev. decision and found the citation to be fake.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in D. Nevada, with the listed outcome: Warning; Possible Monetary Sanction.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Contract
- Trial
- Monetary
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- The Court granted the defendants' motions to dismiss the plaintiff's claims, with some claims dismissed with prejudice and others without prejudice, while issuing a warning regarding the plaintiff's use of fabricated case law.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.
- Escalate and correct a suspect filing promptly, with a documented response.