United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT May 7, 2025
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Nathan Ochsner, Clerk of Court
By Deputy Clerk
IN RE: USE OF GENERATIVE '
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ' GENERAL ORDER 2025-04
IN COURT FILINGS '
Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that an attorney or self-represented
litigant certifies their claims, defenses, and other legal contentions are warranted by existing law and
the factual contentions have evidentiary support. Attorneys and self-represented litigants are
cautioned against submitting to the Court any pleading, written motion, or other paper drafted using
generative artificial intelligence (e.g., ChatGPT, Harvey.AI, generative AI services) without checking
the submission for accuracy as certain technologies may produce factually or legally inaccurate
content and should never replace the lawyer’s independent legal judgment.
Any attorney or self-represented litigant who signs a pleading, written motion, or other paper
submitted to the Court will be held responsible for the contents of that filing under Rule 11, regardless
of whether generative artificial intelligence drafted any portion of that filing. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(c)
(providing for imposition of an “appropriate sanction”—including nonmonetary directives, a penalty
payable to the court, or payment to the opposing party of attorney's fees and expenses directly
resulting from the violation—if, after notice and a reasonable opportunity to respond, the
Court determines that Rule 11(b) has been violated).
Signed this 7th day of May 2025.
RANDY CRANE
CHIEF JUDGE
