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FATHER, PRO SE, DRAFTED HIS APPELLATE BRIEF WITH GENAI, RESULTING IN CITATIONS TO NONEXISTENT AUTHORITY; USING GENAI TO DRAFT AN APPELLATE BRIEF AND THEN FAILING TO VERIFY THE ACCURACY AND LEGITIMACY OF THE CITATIONS IS “FRIVOLOUS CONDUCT” WHICH WARRANTS A MONETARY SANCTION (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Wooten, determined father, who, pro se, drafted his appellate brief using GenAI resulting in citations to nonexistent authority, should be sanctioned for frivolous conduct and fined $250.00. The “frivolous conduct” is the failure to verify the accuracy and legitimacy of the citations:

“Pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-1.1(a), a court may impose financial sanctions upon any party or attorney in a civil action or proceeding who engages in frivolous conduct” … . “Conduct is frivolous if: (1) it is completely without merit in law and cannot be supported by a reasonable argument for an extension, modification or reversal of existing law; (2) it is undertaken primarily to delay or prolong the resolution of the litigation, or to harass or maliciously injure another; or (3) it asserts material factual statements that are false” … .

Here, by filing an appellate brief citing to a nonexistent case as the sole support for his claim of judicial bias, the father engaged in conduct that was “completely without merit in law and cannot be supported by a reasonable argument for an extension, modification or reversal of existing law” … , and that involved the assertion of “material factual statements that are false” … . Thus, the father’s reliance on GenAI, without taking the time to verify that the limited number of cases in his appellate brief stood for the propositions cited, let alone were actually in existence, constituted frivolous conduct. Matter of Julien v Arthur, 2026 NY Slip Op 03308, Second Dept 5-27-26

Practice Point: Using GenAI to draft an appellate brief is not “frivolous conduct.” It is the failure to verify the accuracy and legitimacy of citations to nonexistent authority in the GenAI document which constitutes “frivolous conduct” for which a monetary sanction is appropriate.

 

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