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Court rules on AI in filings

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Judge Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr.. Standing Order for Civil Cases.

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

  • Say that generative AI was used
  • Certify that it was checked

The court’s words

“Any party who uses generative artificial intelligence (such as ChatGPT, Harvey, CoCounsel, or Google Bard) to generate any portion of a brief, pleading, or other filing must attach to the filing a separate declaration disclosing the use of artificial intelligence and certifying that the filer has reviewed the source material and verified that the artificially generated content is accurate and complies with the filer’s Rule 11 obligations.”

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

  • Say that generative AI was used

    or, where the order asks it, that it was not.

  • Certify that it was checked

    in the filing: that the content and the citations were verified.

Applies to: Any brief, pleading or other filing generated in any part with generative AI. Where it goes: A separate declaration attached to the filing.

The statement, if one is called for

The order asks for words of its own. With the blanks filled in from your answers, they read:

DECLARATION REGARDING THE USE OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

I, [name], declare:

1. Generative artificial intelligence ([name the AI tool]) was used to generate portions of this filing.

2. I have reviewed the source material and verified that the artificially generated content is accurate and complies with my Rule 11 obligations.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on [date].

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.