D. Colo.: Hessert v. The Street Dog Coalition: Minute Order Denying Constitutional Challe…
Nina Y. Wang, U.S. District Judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Verified April 24, 2026
- Citation
- Hessert v. The Street Dog Coalition: Minute Order Denying Constitutional Challenge to D. Colo. AI Standing Order
- Order date
- April 17, 2026
Summary
The District of Colorado's Standing Order Regarding the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Court Filings applies to all litigants appearing before the court, including pro se plaintiffs.
What does the order require?
- The District of Colorado's Standing Order Regarding the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Court Filings applies to all litigants appearing before the court, including pro se plaintiffs.
- Noncompliance with the Standing Order may result in filings being stricken.
- Arguments that the Standing Order improperly compels speech in violation of the First Amendment, violates due process or equal protection, encroaches on attorney work product, or amounts to legislating from the bench are 'without merit.'
Practice areas: federal civil, pro se
In a Minute Order dated April 17, 2026 in Hessert v. The Street Dog Coalition, U.S. District Judge Nina Y. Wang denied a pro se plaintiff’s motion to vacate the District of Colorado’s Standing Order Regarding the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Court Filings. The plaintiff had argued that the Standing Order “improperly compels speech in violation of the First Amendment, violates his due process and equal protection rights, encroaches upon work product, and amounts to legislating from the bench.” The court denied the request, stating that “these arguments are without merit.”
The order is tracked here because it is the first known written ruling by a federal district court in the United States rejecting a facial constitutional challenge to a generative-AI standing order. A prior Minute Order in the same case (ECF No. 109, April 13, 2026) had advised Hessert that the Standing Order applies to all litigants before the court and that further noncompliance “may result in his filings being stricken.” The April 17, 2026 order reinforces that the Standing Order survives constitutional attack and remains enforceable across the district.