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Court rules on AI in filings

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

Judge Christopher A. Boyko. Court’s Standing Order on the Use of Generative AI.

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

  • AI may not be used

The court’s words

“no attorney for a party, or a pro se party, may use Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in the preparation of any filing submitted to the Court. … The Court does not intend this AI ban to apply to information gathered from legal search engines, such as Westlaw or LexisNexis, or Internet search engines, such as Google or Bing.”

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

This order speaks of AI in general, not only of generative AI. Loupe does not write or change your document: it reads it, matches each citation against published court records, and reports what it found. Whether that has to be disclosed under this order is for you to judge.

What it asks of the person who signs

  • AI may not be used

    in preparing filings, with the exceptions the order names.

Applies to: Every filing; legal and internet search engines excepted.

The statement, if one is called for

When read, this order did not allow AI in preparing filings, with the exceptions it names.

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.