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Court rules on AI in filings

394th Judicial District Court of Texas.

Judge Roy B. Ferguson. Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence.

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

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The court’s words

“1. all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence were before submission verified as accurate through traditional (non-AI) legal sources by a human being, and 2. that the self-represented litigant or attorneys submitting such information understands and acknowledges that they are and will be held responsible and potentially sanctioned for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply with this Order.”

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

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

Applies to: Anyone who uses AI for research or drafting in a case, before using its output in a submission or proceeding. Where it goes: The court's form, signed and submitted.

The statement, if one is called for

This court has its own certification form, attached to the order. Its wording is not reproduced here; it is the court’s to give.

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.