Reason Magazine
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Judge Kevin Castel (S.D.N.Y.)'s May 4 order in Mata v. Avianca, Inc.: A submission filed by plaintiff's counsel in opposition to a motion to dismiss is replete with citations to non-existent cases.
Six of the submitted cases appear to be bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations.
The case Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd., 925 F.3d 1339 (11th Cir. 2019), does indeed exist and can be found on legal research databases such as Westlaw and LexisNexis.
Judge Castel appeared to be unimpressed, ordering the law firm and the second lawyer to show cause why they shouldn't be sanctioned.
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