Wells Fargo Bank v. Frances W. Dean
E.D. Texas · Feb 24, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- federal
- Court
- E.D. Texas
- Record ID
- wells-fargo-bank-v-frances-w-dean-2026-02-24
- Observed outcome
- The court dismissed the first motion for a temporary injunction as moot, recommended denial of the second motion, and issued a formal warning regarding future sanctions for inaccurate citations.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court issued a formal warning to the pro se litigant regarding the inclusion of fabricated and misrepresented case law in her filings. The court dismissed one motion as moot and recommended the denial of another, explicitly stating that future reliance on nonexistent citations would trigger Rule 11 sanctions.
Fabricated: Case Law | Court determined this cited case does not exist; relied on it in her filings. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Court found the case exists but was attributed to the wrong court than claimed in Dean's filing. || Fabricated: Case Law | Court determined this cited case does not exist; relied on it in her motion. || Outdated Advice: Overturned Case Law | Court noted Dean failed to disclose that this authority was reversed by the Texas Supreme Court.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in E.D. Texas, with the listed outcome: Warning.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fabricated Case Law
- Misrepresented Case Law
- Failure To Disclose Reversed Authority
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Misrepresented Authority
- AI attribution
- Implied
- Recorded tool
- Generative artificial intelligence (unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Order and Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court noted the defendant's apparent use of generative artificial intelligence.
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Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.
- Confirm that every authority actually supports the proposition for which it is offered.