AI Standing Order Examples

Prohibitions:

• Court wide: Hon. Martin Reidinger, In re: Use of Artificial Intelligence (W.D. N.C. June 18, 2024), https://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/Standing%20Order%20In%20Re-%20Use%20of%20Artificial%20Intelligence2.pdf 
• Individual: Hon. Michael J. Newman, Standing Order Governing Civil Cases, at 13 (S.D. Ohio rev. Aug. 27, 2025), https://www.ohsd.uscourts.gov/sites/ohsd/files//MJN%20Standing%20Civil%20Order%208.27.25.pdf 

General Disclosure Orders

• Court wide: N.D. TEX. L. CIV. R. 7.2(f), https://www.txnd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/documents/CIVRULES.pdf (eff. Sept. 2, 2025). The Northern District of Texas also has a local criminal rule with the same requirements. See N.D. TEX. L. CRIM. R. 47.2(e). Notably, both rules define “Generative Artificial Intelligence.”
• Individual:
  • Hon. Anne Hwang, Standing Order for Civil Cases, at 7 (C.D. Cal. Sep. 3, 2025), https://apps.cacd.uscourts.gov/JpsApi/file/958295e9-9590-493e-90bc-9e1f395df6bd. 
  • Hon. Jeffrey P. Hopkins, Standing Order Governing the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence, at 3 (S.D. Ohio, Aug. 20, 2025), https://www.nvd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Revised-Final-Standing-Order-010526-v6.pdf. 
  • Hon. Leslie E. Kobayashi, Disclosure and Certification Requirements, Generative Artificial Intelligence (D. Haw.), https://www.hid.uscourts.gov/cms/assets/95f11dcf-7411-42d2-9ac2-92b2424519f6/AI%20Guidelines%20LEK.pdf (last accessed Mar. 30, 2026).

Heightened Disclosure Orders:

• Individual (no court has adopted or attempted to adopt a universal heightened disclosure order):
  • Hon. Jennifer Choe-Groves, Standing Order on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (Ct. Int’l Trade July 3, 2025), https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/Choe-Groves.StandingOrder.ArtificialIntelligence.pdf. 
  • Hon. Jose R. Arteaga, Policies and Procedures, at 5-6 (E.D. Pa. rev. May 15, 2025), https://www.paed.uscourts.gov/sites/paed/files/documents/procedures/artpol.pdf. 
  • Hon. John D. Love, Standing Order on Disclosure and Certification Requirements for Use of Artificial Intelligence (E.D. Tex. Apr. 9, 2025), https://txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/JDL%20Standing%20Order%20on%20AI%204.9.25.pdf. 

Verification Orders:

• Court wide: USCOURTS.GOV, Notice of Proposed Amendment to 5TH CIR. R. 32.3 (5th Cir. Nov. 22, 2023), https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/public-comment-local-rule-32-3-and-form-6.pdf?sfvrsn=fe96c92d_0 (the Fifth Circuit ultimately rejected the proposed rule). While this rule is inactive, it is indicative of what a verification order might look like in practice with an illustrative certificate of compliance.
• Individual:
  • Hon. Susan Prose, Standing Order Requiring Certification RE: Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Filings (D. Colo. Oct. 21, 2024), http://www.cod.uscourts.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Judges/SP/SP_Standing_Order_AI_Filings.pdf. 
  • Hon. Joshua M. Divine, Judge’s Requirements, at 9 (E.D. Mo. rev. Aug. 2025), https://www.moed.uscourts.gov/sites/moed/files/judges/requirements/jmd.pdf. 

Warnings:

• Court wide:
  • USCOURTS.GOV, GenAI FAQ (D. Minn. Oct. 1, 2025) https://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/sites/mnd/files/GenAI_FAQ.pdf.
  • o Hon. Randy Crane, In Re: Use of Artificial Intelligence in Court Filings, Gen. Order 2025 04 (S.D. Tex. May 7, 2025), https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/general-orders/General_Order_2025-04_Use_of_Generative_AI_in_Court_Filings.pdf 
• Individual:
  • Basic: Hon. Fernando M. Olguin, Initial Standing Order, at 5 (C.D. Cal. July 2025), https://apps.cacd.uscourts.gov/JpsApi/file/bd1c7516-3cae-41b8-a4da-4ddf08b1e138.
  • Specific: Hon. Hector Gonzalez, Individual Practices, at 1 (E.D.N.Y. last updated Oct. 3, 2025), https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pub/rules/HG-MLR.pdf;
  • Specific: Hon. John A. Ross, Judge’s Requirements, at 3 (E.D. Mo.), https://www.moed.uscourts.gov/sites/moed/files/judges/requirements/jar.pdf, (last accessed Mar. 30, 2025).