E.D. Okla.: Disclosure and Certification Requirements for Generative Artificial Intellige…
Hon. Jason A. Robertson, U.S. Magistrate Judge · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma
Verified May 8, 2026
- Citation
- Disclosure and Certification Requirements for Generative Artificial Intelligence (Hon. Jason A. Robertson, E.D. Okla.)
- Order date
- September 27, 2023
Summary
Any party, whether appearing pro se or through counsel, who utilizes any generative AI tool in the preparation of any documents to be filed with the Court must disclose in the document that AI was used and the specific AI tool that was used.
What does the order require?
- Any party, whether appearing pro se or through counsel, who utilizes any generative AI tool in the preparation of any documents to be filed with the Court must disclose in the document that AI was used and the specific AI tool that was used.
- The unrepresented party or attorney 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.
- The rule is anchored in Rule 11(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the certifications required thereunder.
- If generative AI is used, the unrepresented party or attorney will be held responsible for the contents of the filing in accordance with Rule 11 and applicable rules of professional conduct or attorney discipline.
- Failure to make the disclosure and certification may result in the imposition of sanctions.
Practice areas: federal civil
What the rule requires
Magistrate Judge Robertson’s chambers rule for E.D. Okla. is a one-page Rule 11-anchored disclosure-and-certification regime. The rule has three operative requirements: identify that AI was used, identify the specific tool, and certify human accuracy-checking of any AI-drafted portion including all citations and legal authority. The rule is one of the earliest federal trial-court AI rules (September 27, 2023) and is closely aligned with Hon. Brantley Starr’s contemporaneous N.D. Tex. mandatory certification.
Counsel in chambers should pre-load the disclosure language into their filing template; any AI-assisted document, even a single AI-drafted section in an otherwise human-written brief, triggers the requirement.
R&G data corrections
R&G’s tracker dates this entry 2023-09-27, which matches the file-name date stamp on the PDF (AI Guidelines JAR 9.27.23). No correction needed.
Quotable language
“Consistent with Rule 11(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the certifications required thereunder, the Court directs that any party, whether appearing pro se or through counsel, who utilizes any generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool in the preparation of any documents to be filed with the Court, must disclose in the document that AI was used and the specific AI tool that was used.”
“The unrepresented party or attorney 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.”
“The failure to make the disclosure and certification described in paragraph 1 may result in the imposition of sanctions.”
Primary source
Disclosure and Certification Requirements for Generative AI (Robertson, M.J.), oked.uscourts.gov