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Court rules on AI in filings

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Magistrate Judge Leo A. Latella. Practice Order: Use of Generative AI.

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

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

The court’s words

“must include with the document a Certificate of Use of Generative AI in which the party must disclose and certify: The specific AI tool that was used; The portions of the filing prepared by the AI program; and That a person has checked the accuracy of any portion of the document generated by 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.

  • Identify what it drafted

    which parts of the filing the tool prepared.

  • 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: A Certificate of Use of Generative AI with 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:

CERTIFICATE OF USE OF GENERATIVE AI

The undersigned discloses and certifies:

1. The specific AI tool used: [name the AI tool].

2. The portions of this filing prepared by the AI program: [identify the portions].

3. A person has checked the accuracy of any portion of this document generated by AI, 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.