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Court rules on AI in filings

U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.

Judge Margaret I. Strickland. Standing Order Establishing Disclosure and Certification Requirements for Generative AI.

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

  • Say that generative AI was used
  • Name the AI tool
  • Certify that it was checked

The court’s words

“must disclose in the document that AI was used and the specific AI tool that was used. The unrepresented party or attorney must further certify in the document that the person has checked the accuracy of any portion of the document drafted by generative AI, including all citations and legal authority.”

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.

  • Name the AI tool

    the order wants the tool identified.

  • Certify that it was checked

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

Applies to: Any document prepared with a generative AI tool. Where it goes: In the document.

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:

DISCLOSURE AND CERTIFICATION REGARDING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Generative artificial intelligence was used in preparing this document. The AI tool used was [name the AI tool]. The undersigned certifies that the undersigned has checked the accuracy of any portion of this document drafted by generative artificial intelligence, including all citations and legal authority.

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.