Texas (109th Judicial District: Andrews, Winkler, and Crane Counties): Standing Order Reg…
Judge John L. Pool · 109th Judicial District Court of Texas (Andrews, Winkler, and Crane Counties)
Verified September 30, 2026
- Citation
- Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence (109th Judicial District)
- Order date
- December 6, 2024
Summary
'All self-represented litigants and attorneys who utilize any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in connection with a case shall before using any AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding sign and submit the attached form.'
What does the order require?
- 'All self-represented litigants and attorneys who utilize any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in connection with a case shall before using any AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding sign and submit the attached form.'
- The certification states that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate through traditional (non-AI) legal sources by a human being before submission.
- The certification states that the signer understands and acknowledges that they are and will be held responsible, and potentially sanctioned, for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply.
- The order states no sanctions provision of its own; its recitals invoke the court's inherent power to sanction violations of rules, orders, standing orders, and statutory obligations, and to direct a participant to show cause.
- Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 3a(c) provides: 'To be effective, local rules, forms, and standing orders must be published on the Office of Court Administration's website.' As of 2026-09-30 this order was not posted on the OCA local-rules site for the 109th District Court, which had no listing there for the court or for Andrews, Crane or Winkler County.
Practice areas: state civil
What the order requires
Judge John L. Pool of the 109th Judicial District Court signed this standing order on December 6, 2024. It applies to every pending or hereafter filed case in the 109th Judicial District Court of Andrews, Winkler, and Crane Counties.
Before using any AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, attorneys and self-represented litigants must sign and submit the attached certification form. The certification states two things:
- All language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate through traditional (non-AI) legal sources by a human being before submission.
- The signer understands and acknowledges that they are and will be held responsible, and potentially sanctioned, for their or their co-counsel’s failure to comply.
The order’s recitals make clear it relies on inherent court authority to sanction violations and on the court’s power to direct a court participant to show cause why their conduct has not violated a rule or order.
Scope
The order binds attorneys and self-represented litigants in cases filed in three Texas counties: Andrews, Winkler, and Crane. The 109th Judicial District Court has jurisdiction over all three.
Practitioner workflow
Firms with matters in any of these three counties may wish to keep a certification with brief templates for filings that used AI in legal research or drafting. The order’s text closely tracks the 394th Judicial District’s August 2024 order, including its list of named AI systems; the posted copy on the Crane County site does not include the certification form itself.
Posting on the OCA local-rules site
Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 3a(c) provides: “To be effective, local rules, forms, and standing orders must be published on the Office of Court Administration’s website.” As of September 30, 2026, this order was not posted on the Office of Court Administration’s local-rules site (TOPICs), which had no listing for the 109th District Court or for Andrews, Crane or Winkler County. This page reports these facts without drawing a conclusion about the order’s effectiveness.
Primary source
Standing order PDF: https://www.co.crane.tx.us/upload/page/0576/StandingOrderArtificialIntelligence.pdf