---
title: "Delete Orphan Citation Edge"
method: DELETE
path: "/admin/monitor/fix/citations/{edge_id}"
tags: ["admin-monitor-fix"]
---

# Delete Orphan Citation Edge

`DELETE /admin/monitor/fix/citations/{edge_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.casenode.ai`
- URL: `https://api.casenode.ai/admin/monitor/fix/citations/{edge_id}`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `authorization`

Delete one citation edge ONLY if it is still orphaned at execution time.

Orphan = either citing_authority_id or cited_authority_id does not exist in
`authorities`. Re-checked inside the locking transaction; if the FKs now
resolve, we 409.

## Path parameters

- `edge_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `dry_run` boolean
- `finding_id` integer, nullable

## Headers

- `authorization` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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