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Alabama · federal district court · 2026

State National Insurance Company, INC. v. Treadwell

District Court, N.D. Alabama, 17 March 2026. What the court wrote about citations that did not exist, in its own words, from the document on file.

Case record · N.D. Ala.

  1. Court. District Court, N.D. AlabamaCOURT
  2. Level. federal district courtLEVEL
  3. Date. 17 March 2026DATED
  4. Docket. No. 2:24-cv-01424DOCKET
  5. Judge. Harold D. Mooty IIIJUDGE
  6. Documents. one document, 4 passages quoted belowON FILE
  7. Source. CourtListenerSOURCE

Retrieved · the text below was read from the source documents on that day.

What the court wrote

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Docket entry 68, 17 March 2026 · source · PDF · 5 pages

Docket text. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE: Mr. May is ORDERED to review all of his filings in this case, and if any other misrepresentations of law-be they nonexistent quotations, nonexistent cases, or any other misrepresentation of law-are brought to Mr. May's attention by his own review or otherwise, they shall be subject to this Order. Mr. May is further ORDERED to show good cause, if there be any why he should not be sanctioned based on the quotations identified in this order and any additional misrepresentations of law discovered in Mr. May's filings in this case no later than 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2026; Mr. May is ORDERED to append to his filings copies of each legal authority from which an allegedly fabricated passage was quoted, with the quotation highlighted. If any other misrepresentations of law exist in any other of his filings in this case, Mr. May is ORDERED to similarly append copies of the cited authority with relevant portions. Additionally, Mr. May is ORDERED to appear at a Show Cause Hearing for 3/26/2026 at 9:30 AM in Federal Courthouse, Huntsville, AL before the undersigned as more fully set out therein. Signed by Judge Harold D Mooty, III on 3/17/2026. (LCB) Modified on 3/17/2026 (LCB). (Entered: 03/17/2026)

The presence of these two quotes, along with the non-traditional bullet-point style of his brief, leads the court to believe that Mr. May, possibly using generative artificial intelligence, fabricated quotations from legal authority. Accordingly, Mr.

Accordingly, Mr. May is ORDERED to review all of his filings in this case, and if any other misrepresentations of law—be they nonexistent quotations, nonexistent cases, or any other misrepresentatio n of law —are brought to Mr. May ’s attention by his own review or otherwise,1 they shall be subject to this Order.

Mr. May is ORDERED to append to his filings copies of each legal authority from which an allegedly fabricated passage was quoted, with the quotation highlighted. If any other misrepresentations of law exist in any other of his filings in this case, Mr.

66), was generated. Specifically, the declaration must explain precisely how the allegedly fabricated quotes (or other alleged misrepresentations ) were generated. Finally, Mr .

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