E.D.N.Y.: Individual Rules ¶ 1.B.4: AI Caution (Cases Assigned to Magistrate Judge Dunst)
Magistrate Judge Lee G. Dunst · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Verified April 27, 2026
- Citation
- Individual Rules ¶ 1.B.4: AI Caution (Cases Assigned to Magistrate Judge Dunst)
- Order date
- January 1, 2025
Summary
Parties are cautioned that any use of AI resources in connection with submissions to the Court must comply with their professional obligations to the Court.
What does the order require?
- Parties are cautioned that any use of AI resources in connection with submissions to the Court must comply with their professional obligations to the Court.
- The order cites Benjamin v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 779 F. Supp. 3d 341 (E.D.N.Y. 2025), as guidance for AI-assisted filings in this district.
- No mandatory disclosure or certification. Rule 11 caution only.
Practice areas: federal civil
What the order requires
Magistrate Judge Lee G. Dunst’s Individual Rules paragraph 1.B.4 is a Rule 11 caution paired with a citation to Benjamin v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 779 F. Supp. 3d 341 (E.D.N.Y. 2025), an in-district sanctions decision involving AI-generated false citations. The order does not require disclosure or certification; its function is to put counsel on notice of how Rule 11 will be enforced.
The reference to Benjamin is meaningful: that case is in our case tracker, and the Dunst order effectively adopts its sanctions framework as the chambers expectation.
Primary source
Individual Rules: https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pub/rules/LGD-MLR.pdf
Sanctions cases decided under this order
Cases in our tracker where this rule appears to have produced or directly informed the sanctions decision.
- Benjamin v. Costco Wholesale Corp. , Apr 2025 ($1,000)