Reprimanded
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2026-03-11
Counsel submitted briefs with three nonexistent cases in an employment appeal; the Fourth Circuit publicly admonished him.
In re: Eric Chibueze Nwaubani · Eric Chibueze Nwaubani · Fourth Circuit Standing Panel on Attorney Discipline
“three nonexistent cases, each with materially different citations than those of the cases [the attorney] meant to cite”
Cases that don't exist
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. v. Jackson, 548 U.S. 629 (2006)
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Glencore Ltd., 611 F.3d 1330 (Fed. Cir. 2010)
- In re Acres Properties, Inc., 100 F.3d 1307 (7th Cir. 1996)
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- In re: Eric Chibueze Nwaubani; attorney Eric Chibueze Nwaubani
- Briefs in Bolden v. Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. cited three nonexistent cases
- The Fourth Circuit publicly admonished him
- Fourth Circuit Standing Panel on Attorney Discipline; federal; location not specified on the page
- No date given on the page; the panel said D.C. Rule 8.4(d) applied regardless of whether Gen AI was used