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Standing Order Concerning the Use of Artificial Intelligence Before Judge Ernest Gonzalez
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas — Judge Ernest Gonzalez · Texas
last revised 2026-06-25last verified 2026-09-061 versioncountry page →
country page →Standing orderIn forceDisclosureCertificationConfidentiality
map categories:Disclosure of AI use in filingsDuty to verify AI outputClient data in AI toolsSelf-represented litigants
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Judge Gonzalez’s standing order applies to represented and pro se parties in civil and criminal cases. It extends his criminal standing-order AI certificate to all cases, requiring a Certificate of Generative Artificial Intelligence Usage with any AI-assisted pleading and certification of independent verification and confidentiality protection.
- Applies to
- lawyers, litigants
- Effective
- See version history
- Current version
- Original · 25 Jun 2026
- Last verified
- 06 Sept 2026
What the document requires
- Extends the criminal-case AI certificate requirement to all cases before Judge Gonzalez.
- Requires disclosure of generative-AI use with the pleading.
- Requires independent verification and certification that confidential information was not disclosed.
Version history
| Version | Date | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Originalcurrent | 2026-06-25 | First version recorded. | official |
Sources
Cite this record
SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Standing Order Concerning the Use of Artificial Intelligence Before Judge Ernest Gonzalez" (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas — Judge Ernest Gonzalez, Original, 2026-06-25), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-federal/us-txwd-gonzalez-2026-ai-filings-standing-order (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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