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Court rules on AI in filings

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala. Initial Order, § XI.

In force when read In force when read on 26 September 2026.

  • No certificate of its own

The court’s words

“The Court does not prohibit the use of AI, but to comply with Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and other applicable legal and ethical standards, attorneys and pro se litigants must review and verify computer-generated content to ensure that it is accurate and complies with all such governing standards.”

Quoted from the court’s own document, read on 26 September 2026. Read it at the source.

What it asks of the person who signs

  • No certificate of its own

    the duty to verify every citation, restated; the signature carries it.

Applies to: All filings.

The statement, if one is called for

No words are prescribed. A statement can be put together on the check page from parts: whether generative AI was used, that every authority cited exists and is accurately cited, and how the citations were checked.

On the check page Loupe drafts the statement for this court from the parts you tick, for you to read and sign: what it says is your choice and your responsibility. The order in force on the day is what counts; read it at the source before relying on this page.

Check the filing first

Paste the brief or drop the file, and Loupe looks up every citation in the published record: whether the case exists, whether it is the case the filing names, whether the pin cite falls inside the opinion; statutes, regulations, court rules and links too. It doesn’t generate anything, and what it can’t settle it marks “not verified”, never clean.