Federal AI standing orders, one page per order
What the order requires, in plain words, from the court's own document.
What it requires
Bans AI outright: no attorney or pro se party may use AI in preparing any filing, with carve-outs for AI embedded in legal search engines such as Westlaw and Lexis, internet search engines, and standard office software. Parties must immediately inform the court if they discover AI use in any filed document. Violations risk striking, economic sanctions, contempt, or dismissal.
The order's own 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.”
Date
Standing civil order effective 18 December 2023. The AI provision is newer: effective 27 August 2025
The source
Where a judge bans AI outright, the question becomes proving the negative. The attorney's receipt records your declaration that no AI was used, over your name, sealed at the time of filing, so if the question is ever raised, the answer already exists and anyone can verify it free.
Seven days free, then $349 a month.
A signed record of which AI you used and what you checked, sealed to the exact file you deliver, made on your own machine and checkable free by anyone you send it to.
Every fact on this page was re-read against the court’s own document on 30 July 2026. Standing orders change; confirm against the judge's live page before filing. This page is information, not legal advice.