PRM Group, Inc. v. Paralegal Bootcamp LLC
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · D. Md. · Maryland bar guidance
Verified April 26, 2026
- Citation
- PRM Group, Inc. v. Paralegal Bootcamp LLC, No. 8:25-cv-01077-TJS (D. Md. Dec. 16, 2025) (show cause order)
- Decided
- December 16, 2025
Summary
Defendant Timothy Raju Mahajan, an attorney representing himself and his company Paralegal Bootcamp LLC, filed a motion to dismiss containing nine fictitious case citations and additional misrepresentations of legal authority. After opposing counsel flagged the missing cases, Mahajan initially confirmed in writing that all citations were accurate, then sought leave to file an amended motion to dismiss without disclosing that the original contained fabricated authority. Chief Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Sullivan issued a show cause order directing Defendants to explain why sanctions should not issue under Rule 11 and the court's inherent authority.
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What sanction did the court impose?
Show cause order entered December 16, 2025 with a December 30, 2025 response deadline. Potential sanctions identified by the court include disqualification of counsel, entry of default judgment, preclusion of defenses, monetary fines and attorney's fees, and referral to licensing authorities.
Why does PRM Group, Inc. v. Paralegal Bootcamp LLC matter for law firms using AI?
PRM Group illustrates a compounding pattern courts now treat as independently sanctionable: a fabricated-citation filing followed by an attempt to swap in a corrected brief without disclosing the fabrication. Judge Sullivan’s order singles out the concealment as a third, distinct ground for sanctions alongside the fictitious citations and mischaracterizations of authority. For firms, the operational lesson is that the remediation playbook (immediate disclosure on the record, not a quiet substitution) matters as much as the verification workflow that should have prevented the filing.
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