---
title: "Check a paper prepared for filing against Rule 11"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/knowledge-management/check-a-document-prepared-for-filing-against-generative-ai-expectations/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "KM-MA20261022-10-US"
practice_area: "Knowledge Management"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check a paper prepared for filing against Rule 11

> Extract every legal contention, factual contention, and citation into a list for the lawyer's inquiry. Do not sign or file the paper.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/knowledge-management/check-a-document-prepared-for-filing-against-generative-ai-expectations/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Knowledge Management](https://ailawframework.com/practice/knowledge-management.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Extract every legal contention, factual contention, and citation into a list for the lawyer's inquiry. Do not sign or file the paper. |
| What the lawyer must review | Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b) provides that by presenting a pleading, written motion, or other paper to the court, whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating it, an attorney certifies that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, the paper is not presented for an improper purpose, the legal contentions are warranted by existing law or a nonfrivolous argument, the factual contentions have evidentiary support or will likely have it, and the denials are warranted on the evidence or are reasonably based on belief or a lack of information. Model Rule 1.1 requires the competence to make that inquiry. You make the inquiry. A judge's standing order on generative tools was not opened. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check a document prepared for filing against generative-AI expectations](https://ailawframework.com/practice/knowledge-management/check-a-document-prepared-for-filing-against-generative-ai-expectations.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Extract every legal contention, factual contention, and citation into a list for the lawyer's inquiry. Do not sign or file the paper.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Rule 11(a) requires the paper to be signed by at least one attorney of record, or by an unrepresented party. The court must strike an unsigned paper unless the omission is promptly corrected.
- Sanctions procedure, including the 21-day period in Rule 11(c)(2), was read and is not a reason to skip the inquiry.

## Sources

- [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_11) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.1, Competence](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_1_competence/) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*