Regan Wilkes, et al. v. Canyons School District, et al.
Repeat offender (verified in the record)
The case
Regan Wilkes, et al. v. Canyons School District, et al., D. Utah, No. 2:25-cv-00218-CMR, order filed May 4, 2026. Copy of primary document: `~/workspace/goals/ai-sanctions-case-monitoring/files/sources/D-145-wilkes-v-canyons-school-district.pdf`. Note: the audit metadata labeled this document only as an order to show cause; the primary document is the court's findings and sanctions order.
What happened
Attorneys Tyler Ares and Amy Martz admitted AI was used to polish/refine their filing; they asserted the AI must have distorted the real cases in their original writing, an explanation the court recorded it was skeptical of.
The rule and the sanction
Rule 11, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The court ordered Ares and Martz to pay $7,000 in the defense's attorneys' fees. The order also noted their existing continuing legal education obligations from another case.
How it could have been avoided
AI "polishing" or paraphrasing can quietly alter legal authorities. Read the final filed version against the actual cases before submitting, especially when AI tools have touched the text.
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