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Ward v. Amazon.com Services LLC
W.D. Washington · Apr 3, 2026
WA / federalEditorial impact: lowpro sefake citationsmisrepresented authoritypublished opinion
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Gile v. Dolgen Cal., LLC, 2023 WL 2669812, at *3 (9th Cir. 2023) (unpublished)'; Court could not locate a case at that citation and found a different Gile decision (2022 WL 17248087) that did not support Plaintiff's waiver argument. Outcome: Warning.
- Why the court cared
- The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Warning; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
- Why it matters now
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with Warning in W.D. Washington, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Gile v. Dolgen Cal., LLC, 2023 WL 2669812, at *3 (9th Cir. 2023) (unpublished)'; Court could not locate a case at that citation and found a different Gile decision (2022 WL 17248087) that did not support Plaintiff's waiver argument. Outcome: Warning.
Operational lesson
This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with Warning in W.D. Washington, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Record details
WashingtonSingle-state evidence scope
CourtW.D. Washington
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit9th Circuit
DateApr 3, 2026
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typePro Se Litigant
OutcomeWarning
Known amountNot recorded
Professional sanctionNo
Attribution boundary
What the record establishes about AI use
reported
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Procedural posture
Warning
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
2 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Gile v. Dolgen Cal., LLC, 2023 WL 2669812, at *3 (9th Cir. 2023) (unpublished)'; Court could not locate a case at that citation and found a different Gile decision (2022 WL 17248087) that did not support Plaintiff's waiver argument.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Britton v. Co-op Banking Grp., 4 F.4th 742 (9th Cir. 2021)'; Court could not locate that citation, instead identifying older Britton decisions with different citations and holdings, concluding the cited authority was nonexistent or misrepresented.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Ward v. Amazon.com Services LLC?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Gile v. Dolgen Cal., LLC, 2023 WL 2669812, at *3 (9th Cir. 2023) (unpublished)'; Court could not locate a case at that citation and found a different Gile decision (2022 WL 17248087) that did not support Plaintiff's waiver argument. Outcome: Warning.
- Why does Ward v. Amazon.com Services LLC matter for legal AI risk?
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations involving AI (implied, unspecified) with Warning in W.D. Washington, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
- What does the public record establish about Ward v. Amazon.com Services LLC?
- 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 Ward v. Amazon.com Services LLC 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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