C.D. Cal.: Standing Order for Civil Cases Assigned to Judge Anne Hwang
Judge Anne Hwang · U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Verified May 8, 2026
- Citation
- Standing Order for Civil Cases Assigned to Judge Anne Hwang
- Order date
- September 3, 2025
Summary
Any party who uses generative AI (such as ChatGPT, Harvey, CoCounsel, or Google Bard) to generate any portion of a brief, pleading, or other filing must attach a separate declaration disclosing the AI use.
What does the order require?
- Any party who uses generative AI (such as ChatGPT, Harvey, CoCounsel, or Google Bard) to generate any portion of a brief, pleading, or other filing must attach a separate declaration disclosing the AI use.
- The declaration must certify that the filer reviewed the source material and verified the artificially generated content is accurate.
- Verification certification is tied explicitly to the filer's Rule 11 obligations.
- Scope is limited to generative AI.
Practice areas: federal civil
What the order requires
Judge Hwang’s Section E.5 filing requirement adopts the C.D. Cal. shared-template provision verbatim from Judge Blumenfeld’s order. A party who uses generative AI to draft any portion of a brief, pleading, or other filing must attach a separate declaration disclosing the AI use, certifying review of source material, and certifying verification of the AI-generated content’s accuracy. The certification ties explicitly to the filer’s Rule 11 obligations.