Oregon · federal district court · 2026
Helsabo v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
District Court, D. Oregon, 26 February 2026 to 9 June 2026. What the court wrote about citations that did not exist, in its own words, from 2 documents on file.
What the court wrote
The passages in which the court addresses the fabricated authority, verbatim, by document. A bracketed ellipsis marks where a passage was cut for length; nothing else is changed.
Docket entry 55, 9 June 2026 · source · PDF · 16 pages
Docket text. REDACTED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW. Original Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (ECF No. 53 ) signed on May 19, 2026 by Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman and filed under seal. The Court notes that the parties were ordered to confer on a proposed redacted version of the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, and the Court has approved the attached version. (gw)
The Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action pursuant to INA § 310(c). See 8 U.S.C. § 1421(c) (“A person whose application for naturalization under this subchapter is denied, after a hearing before an immigration officer under section 1447(a) of this title, may seek review of such denial before the United States district court for the district in 4 USCIS’s counsel submitted two court filings that contained hallucinated case citations. (See Defs.’ Suggested Findings Fact Conclusions Law, ECF No.
Docket entry 38, 26 February 2026 · source
Docket text. ORDER: Respondents' counsel shall review every citation to legal authority in its materials filed to date and provide the Court with a list of incorrect or hallucinated citations at the February 27, 2026, pretrial conference. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman. (gw) (Entered: 02/26/2026)
ORDER: Respondents' counsel shall review every citation to legal authority in its materials filed to date and provide the Court with a list of incorrect or hallucinated citations at the February 27, 2026, pretrial conference. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Stacie F.