In Fat Joe Suit against Dixon Use of Falsified Quotes from Hallucinated Cases Slammed

In Fat Joe Suit against Dixon Use of Falsified Quotes from Hallucinated Cases Slammed by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 10  – Terrance Dixon says he was abused by Joseph Cartagena a/k/a Fat Joe.  But Fat Joe sued Dixon first, for defamation. After that, Dixon's lawyer Tyrone Blackburn filed his suit against Fat Joe.     On August 1 both cases were addressed before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Jennifer L. Rochon. Inner City Press live tweeted, here.    The upshot is that Judge Rochon declined to stay discovery in Fat Joe v. Dixon, but also declined the request of Fat Joe and Roc Nations that Dixon's case be dismissed and made into a counterclaim in Fat Joe's suit.     Instead, Dixon's case will be consolidated with Fat Joes, with Dixon directed to effectuate service of process before an Initial Pre-Trial Conference in that case in October.  On September 8 Dixon's counsel Blackburn wrote in asking to amend a filing with a series of misquoted or non existent cases - and on September 10 Judge Rochon declined to accept the amendment, stating "defendants may address any inaccuracies in their previous brief in reply. full filing and endorsement on Patreon here On January 9, Blackburn filed a complaint: Filing on Patreon here On January 20 Judge Rochon held a conference on depositions. Blackburn said Dixon could be at danger entering and exiting; Fat Joe's lawyer was dismissed and Judge Rochon said there is a right to in-person depositions. So it will be at a midtown law firm on February 6, time and location not reported here. But it did not happen, as described in a February 10 conference that Inner City Press live tweeted. On March 24 Fat Joe's counsel moved for sanctions, attaching a 76 page deposition in which Dixon said he is couch surfing all over the The and Blackburn told him not to produce a requested photograph, transcript now on Patreon here Then Dixon filed a slimmed-down amended complaint, with some charges dropped, still alleging "“coercive labor exploitation, financial fraud, copyright misappropriation, violent intimidation, and psychological coercion” - 64 page amended complaint on Patreon here On April 24 Judge Rochon awarded some but not all sanctions: "ORDER granting in part [146] Letter Motion for Discovery. After considering the parties' submissions, the Court will hold Defendants in contempt for failing to appear at the Court-ordered depositions on February 6 and 9, 2026. However, after weighing the facts and circumstances here, including the factors set forth above, the Court will not impose the sanctions requested by the Plaintiff because of the medical issues cited by Plaintiff, and will not award the attorneys' fees requested by Plaintiff given that time spent preparing for the depositions will be directed toward the rescheduled depositions. However, Plaintiff incurred the costs of a videographer and court reporter for the depositions because Defendants did not timely obtain relief from the Court-ordered deposition dates. Therefore, Defendants are ORDERED to pay Plaintiff the reasonable costs incurred to pay the videographer and court reporter for the February 6 and 9, 2026 deposition dates. Plaintiff shall promptly produce to Defendants proof of costs incurred for the videographer and court reporter, and Defendants are ORDERED to reimburse Plaintiff for those costs within 10 days of receipt of the invoices." On June 1, this: "Defendants' request to reduce the sanction imposed by the Court on April 24, 2026 is DENIED as the Court will not reconsider its ruling imposing sanctions. While the Court does not find that Defendants' delay in payment is excusable, the Court will permit an installment schedule for payment of sanctions with $588 due by June 5, 2026, $725.95 by June 19, 2026 and $903.50 by June 30, 2026. Defendants shall inform the Court that all payments have been made in a status update by July 2, 2026. If the payments are not timely made, the Court will consider further sanctions." And later on June 1, Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel for Roc Nation moved for sanctions against Blackburn. Blackburn on July 7 along side asking to withdraw as counsel (for conflict of interest) replied that "Plaintiff ran both Roc Nation's Rule 11 motion and its motion-to-dismiss memorandum through the same category of assisted citation-verification tool that generated the table appended to Roc Nation's letter. The results are telling, and they cut against the Roc Nation more sharply as against Plaintiff. A. Roc Nation's Rule 11 motion fails the audit. Of eighty-three quoted passages checked in Roc Nation's Rule 11 motion, the tool flagged roughly one-third as 'Incorrect.'" 12 page filing on Patreon here. But it was to no avail. On July 10 Magistrate Judge Willis slammed Blackburn: "Blackburn's repeated inclusion of fabricated quotes in his filings demonstrates a pattern of complete disregard for his ethical obligations to make accurate representations to the Court. He has been sanctioned repeatedly for his reliance on AI without verifying the quotations and citations before filing his submissions. Worse still, while he represented to a court last year that he understands words "must never be enclosed in quotation marks unless they accurately reflect the precise language of the cited source," he brazenly minimizes and attempts to justify identical behavior here" - 7 page Order on Patreon here Watch this site. Moreon X for Subscribers here and Substack here The two cases have been consolidated under the first filed case, Cartagena v. Dixon, et al., 1:25-cv-3552 (Rochan)  More on X for Subscribers here and Substack here *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. 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