"U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier of the Eastern District of Louisiana ordered the attorneys to appear in court after he discovered the false citations in a January 2026 motion."
"Harris admitted during a hearing in March that he used ChatGPT to help research the motion, stating he did not verify whether the AI-generated cases were real."
"Roquemore had more responsibility because he supervised Harris, the court said, and he did not question the strange formatting of the fake citations."
Two attorneys in New Orleans' law department resigned after an investigation revealed they used AI to generate fake case citations in a court filing. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier discovered nine fabricated citations in a motion related to a civil rights lawsuit. Assistant City Attorney Jalen Harris admitted to using ChatGPT for research without verifying the citations, while Deputy City Attorney James Roquemore failed to question the formatting of the citations. Both attorneys received fines, with Harris fined $250 and Roquemore $1,000.
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