Florida Judge Weighs Filing Ban After Bang Energy Founder Jack Owoc Goes Pro Se and Submits Fake AI Cases

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  • Page 3, Paragraph beginning with “The One Satisfaction Rule…”
    Owoc cites Mickens v. Tenth Judicial Circuit, 181 So. 3d 1231 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015)— this case does not exist.
  • Page 8, Paragraph under Section E “Theft by Litigation”
    Owoc cites Buci v. Village of Lincolnwood— this case does not exist.
  • Page 19, Section N “California and Florida Set-Off Principles”
    Owoc cites several nonexistent cases:

    • Buczkowski v. McKay, 490 So. 2d 1282 (Fla. 1986)(doesn’t exist)
    • Cunningham v. Haroona, 741 So. 2d 603 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)(doesn’t exist)
    • Boulos v. Morrison, 880 So. 2d 246 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)(doesn’t exist)

So Owoc’s motion contains at least five fake citations across three sections (pp. 3, 8, and 19).

📌 How Monster Responded

Monster’s opposition filing (July 8, 2025) explicitly called out these hallucinated citations:

Monster noted that Owoc cited a “series of cases that do not appear to exist” and listed them directly:

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  • Mickens v. Tenth Judicial Circuit (Fla. 2d DCA 2015)
  • Buci v. Village of Lincolnwood
  • Buczkowski v. McKay (Fla. 1986)
  • Cunningham v. Haroona (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)
  • Boulos v. Morrison (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

Monster also pointed out that courts in Florida have sanctioned parties for submitting hallucinated citations before (citing Versant Funding LLC v. Teras Breakbulk Ocean Navigation Enters., LLC, 2025 WL 1440351 (S.D. Fla. May 20, 2025)).