Tekoma Chaney v. Transdev Services Inc. et al.

Tekoma Chaney v. Transdev Services Inc. et al. is one matter in the Veritas record of US court proceedings involving AI-generated citations that could not be verified against the reporters named. The summary below is drawn from the underlying court document, linked at the foot of this page.

Court

C.D. California

Date

April 28, 2026

Party

Lawyer

AI tool

LexisNexis Protégé

Outcome

Monetary penalty: $2,500 (bad faith)

Penalty

$2,500 in monetary penalties.

What the record shows

The court found that plaintiff's counsel Gavril T. Gabriel submitted opposition briefs citing a case (In re Shubert) the court determined does not exist, included without verification, and that he failed to disclose when the same non-existent case appeared again; the court found the failure to verify rose to bad faith. Gabriel admitted using LexisNexis+ and its drafting feature Protégé. The court sanctioned him $2,500 ($500 plus two $1,000 amounts), payable to the court, and required a disclosure declaration in his other Central District cases.

This entry reflects the court document as filed. The citations at issue could not be located in the reporters named at the time of the order. The reading here is descriptive of the public record and is not legal advice.

Source documents

Primary court document ↗

The test this filing did not run

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