E.D.N.Y.: Motion Rules ¶ 3: AI Provision (Cases Assigned to Magistrate Judge Lindsay)
Magistrate Judge Arlene R. Lindsay · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Verified May 8, 2026
- Citation
- Motion Rules ¶ 3: AI Provision (Cases Assigned to Magistrate Judge Lindsay)
- Order date
- January 1, 2024
Summary
Consistent with Rule 11(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, any attorney or pro se party who has used AI in the preparation of any documents filed with the Court must disclose that AI has been used.
What does the order require?
- Consistent with Rule 11(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, any attorney or pro se party who has used AI in the preparation of any documents filed with the Court must disclose that AI has been used.
- The filer must further certify in the document that the person has checked the accuracy of any portion of the document drafted by generative AI, including all citations and legal authority.
Practice areas: federal civil
What the order requires
Magistrate Judge Arlene R. Lindsay’s Motion Rules paragraph 3 imposes the standard disclose-plus-certify framework: AI use must be disclosed in the document, and the filer must certify they have checked the accuracy of every AI-drafted portion, including citations and legal authority. The text closely tracks the Kobayashi (D. Haw.) and Strickland (D.N.M.) templates.
For E.D.N.Y. matters before Magistrate Judge Lindsay, brief templates need a disclose-and-certify block; the verification standard covers citations and legal authority specifically.
Primary source
Motion Rules: https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pub/rules/ARL-MLR.pdf