Loading AI Vortex evidence…
Preparing the requested public record.
Public trackerEvidence checked Jul 23, 2026 · Latest decision Jul 21, 2026Public incidents are risk signals, not usage-adjusted rates
Evidence-linked corpus record: this page is generated from the structured public record and has a publication-readiness score of 95/100. It passed the source, context, and standalone-summary checks used for public indexing; individual legal editorial review is not represented.
USA v. Burke
M.D. Florida · May 15, 2025
FL / federalEditorial impact: lowfabricated quotesmisrepresented authoritycriminaltrial
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
False Quotes: Case Law | Attributed a quote to Ruiz that does not exist and used it for an unsupported proposition. Outcome: Motion dismissed, and plaintiff ordered to refile it without fake citations.. Counsel later explained how the motion came to be: see here.
- Why the court cared
- The record concerns whether quotations and pincites accurately matched the cited source. The tracked outcome is Motion dismissed, and plaintiff ordered to refile it without fake citations.; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
- Why it matters now
- Paid tools like Westlaw AI and GPT Pro still hallucinate quotes; independently pull every quotation from the underlying opinion.
Why this matter is tracked
False Quotes: Case Law | Attributed a quote to Ruiz that does not exist and used it for an unsupported proposition. Outcome: Motion dismissed, and plaintiff ordered to refile it without fake citations.. Counsel later explained how the motion came to be: see here.
Operational lesson
Paid tools like Westlaw AI and GPT Pro still hallucinate quotes; independently pull every quotation from the underlying opinion.
Record details
FloridaSingle-state evidence scope
CourtM.D. Florida
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit11th Circuit
DateMay 15, 2025
WE
AI toolWestlaw's AI tools, GPT4.5 Deep Research (Pro)
Party typeLawyer
OutcomeMotion dismissed, and plaintiff ordered to refile it without fake citations.
Known amountNot recorded
Professional sanctionNo
Attribution boundary
What the record establishes about AI use
reported
Westlaw's AI tools, GPT4.5 Deep Research (Pro) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Procedural posture
Motion dismissed, and plaintiff ordered to refile it without fake citations.
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
21 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Attributed a quote to Ruiz that does not exist and used it for an unsupported proposition.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Claimed Ruiz supports the rule that statutes cannot require defendants to prove exculpatory facts, which the case does not support.
- False Quotes: Doctrinal Work | Attributed to Senator McClellan a statement on telephone privacy not supported by the cited Congressional Record entry.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Attributed to Doe v. Miami-Dade County a quote about constitutional avoidance being strongest when protecting fundamental rights, which is not stated there.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Falsely quoted McQueen as stating the government must prove each element beyond a reasonable doubt.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Claimed McQueen supports that indictment ambiguities or omissions violating preparation or double-jeopardy interests violate the Sixth and Fifth Amendments, which McQueen does not support.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Misattributed a district court’s quote to the Ninth Circuit in Konop regarding the 'readily accessible' exception.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Quoted Innovatio but omitted half of the sentence actually appearing in that case.
Show 13 additional discrepancies
- False Quotes: Case Law | Falsely quoted Gray as saying it is impermissible to require a defendant to prove a negative essential to innocence.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Cited Green for the proposition that the government must disprove statutory exceptions, which the case does not support.
- Misrepresented: Doctrinal Work | Relied on a House Judiciary Report that concerns the Flammable Fabrics Act Amendments, not the relevant legislation.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Falsely quoted Tsurkan as stating the Wiretap Act's primary objective is protecting telephone conversations from interception.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | Miscited Tsurkan; provided a reporter citation that corresponds to a different case and not the quoted material.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Attributed to Hasson a constitutional avoidance quote not stated there.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Falsely quoted Veal as forbidding courts from ignoring statutory definitions in favor of dictionary meanings.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Falsely quoted Wisconsin Right to Life with a definition of as-applied challenges not found in the opinion.
- False Quotes: Doctrinal Work | Attributed to a 1968 Senate Report a definition of 'wire communication' not present in the report.
- False Quotes: Doctrinal Work | Attributed to a 1986 Senate Report a statement about public broadcasts not found there.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Attributed to Harrell a quoted holding about as-applied unconstitutionality not actually quoted in the case.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Attributed to Harrell a long proposition about privacy versus public speech and press exemptions not actually stated there.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Attributed to Bobo a quoted holding on constructive amendments and vague charges not contained in the opinion.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in USA v. Burke?
- False Quotes: Case Law | Attributed a quote to Ruiz that does not exist and used it for an unsupported proposition. Outcome: Motion dismissed, and plaintiff ordered to refile it without fake citations.. Counsel later explained how the motion came to be: see here.
- Why does USA v. Burke matter for legal AI risk?
- Paid tools like Westlaw AI and GPT Pro still hallucinate quotes; independently pull every quotation from the underlying opinion.
- What does the public record establish about USA v. Burke?
- 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 USA v. Burke 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.
Related matters
Related by court, jurisdiction, tool, or classified failure pattern. Similarity does not imply the same facts or outcome.