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September 11, 2025 · AI sanctions database

USA v. Brewer

USA v. Brewer 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
M.D. Florida
Date
September 11, 2025
Party
Lawyer
AI tool
Not identified in the order
Outcome
Order to show cause
Penalty
No monetary penalty in this order.
Show cause

What the record shows

The court found that Attorney Bryan Savy's filing contained references where the quoted language does not appear and misattributions the court described as typical of AI hallucinations, apparently violating several local and Florida Bar rules. The court ordered Savy to personally appear and show cause why sanctions should not be imposed.

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

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The test this filing did not run

Every matter in this record shares one mechanism: a citation that did not resolve to an opinion in the reporter named, in a brief that was filed before any verification step ran. Veritas runs that step. The Filing Risk Scanner extracts each citation, resolves it against reporter and public-record sources, and returns a verdict on each one — located, partial, or not located in reporter — before the brief is signed.

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Filed under · AI sanctions database · M.D. Florida