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Standing Order in re Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools to Review Criminal Discovery

United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia — Judge Thomas S. Kleeh · West Virginia

last revised 2026-06-16last verified 2026-09-061 versioncountry page →

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The Northern District of West Virginia issued a June 16, 2026 standing order for AI tools used to review criminal discovery. Defense counsel must obtain government consent before exposing sensitive materials to AI tools, identify and describe the tool, and certify confidentiality, non-retention, and deletion protections.

Applies to
lawyers
Effective
16 Jun 2026
Current version
Original · 16 Jun 2026
Last verified
06 Sept 2026
Official text
www.wvnd.uscourts.gov/sites/wvnd/files/Standing%20Order%20re%20Use%20o…

What the document requires

  • All criminal actions in the district are subject to restrictions on AI tools and sensitive discovery materials.
  • The legal defense team may not expose sensitive materials to any AI tool without prior written consent from the government.
  • Defense counsel must identify and describe the AI tool in a written authorization request.
  • Defense counsel must certify that the tool does not retain or use sensitive materials for model training or expose them to unauthorized third parties.
  • Defense counsel must certify confidentiality measures and deletion of sensitive materials from the tool at the end of the case.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Originalcurrent2026-06-16First version recorded.official

Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Standing Order in re Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools to Review Criminal Discovery" (United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia — Judge Thomas S. Kleeh, Original, 2026-06-16), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-federal/us-wvnd-court-2026-ai-criminal-discovery (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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