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Iowa · state appellate court · 2026

Daniel Nicodemus David Ray Tapscott v. Ryan Raynee Lynn Fariss

Court of Appeals of Iowa, 7 October 2026. What the court wrote about citations that did not exist, in its own words, from the document on file.

Case record · Iowa Ct. App.

  1. Court. Court of Appeals of IowaCOURT
  2. Level. state appellate courtLEVEL
  3. Date. 7 October 2026DATED
  4. Docket. No. 25-1666DOCKET
  5. Documents. one document, 3 passages quoted belowON FILE
  6. Source. CourtListenerSOURCE

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Published opinion, 7 October 2026 · source · PDF · 3 pages

Now Tapscott appeals, challenging several aspects of the proceedings. However, Tapscott has repeatedly failed to follow our rules of appellate procedure and failed to respond to our order regarding suspected hallucinated case citations, so we dismiss his appeal. Tapscott’s first appellate brief was struck for failure to comply with our rules of appellate procedure.

Tapscott moved to reinstate the appeal, offered reasons for his failure to comply with the court’s orders, and the supreme court reinstated but specifically found that “[t]he court’s advisories and admonitions regarding [Tapscott’s] previous briefs still apply,” and warned that “failure to substantially comply with this order may result in dismissal of the appeal.” When Tapscott submitted his final brief , we discovered multiple hallucinated citations in Tapscott’s appellant’s brief.

Oct. 1, 2025) (striking the entirety of the mother’s reply brief as sanction for hallucinated caselaw). APPEAL DISMISSED.

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