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Chief Judge Martin Reidinger and six district judges, standing order 3:24-mc-104
W.D. North Carolina, all judges

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

What it requires

District-wide: all attorneys and pro se filers must file a certification with any brief or memorandum stating that no AI was employed in the research or preparation of the document, apart from AI embedded in standard online legal research sources such as Westlaw, Lexis, FastCase and Bloomberg, and that every statement and citation was checked for accuracy by an attorney, paralegal, or the pro se party.

The order's own words

“No artificial intelligence was employed in doing the research for the preparation of this document, with the exception of such artificial intelligence embedded in the standard on-line legal research sources”

Date

Issued 18 June 2024

The source

Read the court's own document

How the attorney's receipt answers this order

The receipt form asks exactly what this order asks: which AI tools were used, in what manner, what you personally reviewed and checked, and who signs. Out comes the attorney's receipt, a sealed certification carrying your exact attestation language, with witnessed time if you choose it, verifiable free by the judge or opposing counsel in any browser. Nothing in your filing ever leaves your computer.

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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.