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Federal AI standing orders, one page per order

Judge Rita F. Lin
N.D. California

What the order requires, in plain words, from the court's own document.

What it requires

Neither prohibits generative AI nor requires disclosure. Instead, counsel and pro se litigants must personally confirm the accuracy of any AI-assisted research, and counsel alone bears ethical responsibility for every statement in a filing.

The order's own words

“Use of generative artificial intelligence tools is not prohibited, but counsel must personally confirm for themselves the accuracy of any research conducted by these means”

Date

Civil standing order dated 7 May 2026. The AI paragraph carried over unchanged from the March version

The source

Read the court's own document

How the attorney's receipt answers this order

This court requires no certification, but the responsibility is unchanged and personal. The attorney's receipt is the showing behind that responsibility: a sealed, signed record of which tools were used and what you personally verified, made before anyone asks, and verifiable free by anyone.

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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.