"Judge Brady ran her own research on Maldonado's work in the case and discovered a plethora of made up cases. The complaint anticipates the standing challenge by citing a case that doesn't exist."
"The Court searched for that case with that citation, but the case number leads to an unrelated debt case and the Westlaw identifier returns no result at all."
"Twice more, Judge Brady notes, counsel cited cases that 'technically exist but cannot be found at his provided citation, have no order on his cited date, and apparently do not support what he represents to the Court.'"
Joseph Maldonado, known as Joe Exotic, is suing Black Pine Animal Sanctuary regarding the neutering of a white Bengal tiger named Elvis. The lawsuit is filed under the Endangered Species Act after the sanctuary announced plans to neuter the tiger. Chief Judge Holly Brady discovered that Maldonado's legal counsel cited numerous fictitious cases in the complaint. The court found that the cited cases either do not exist or do not support the claims made by Maldonado's counsel, raising concerns about the validity of the lawsuit.
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