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title: "E.D. Mo., Judge Joshua M. Divine: mandatory generative AI certificate filed with the notice of appearance (CM/ECF \"AI notice\")"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/us-fed-edmo-divine-ai-notice-certificate"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a5-us-fed-edmo-divine-ai-notice-certificate"
area_id: "A5"
kind: "court-document"
ai_level: "green"
version: 1
law_stated_as_at: "2026-11-08"
---

# E.D. Mo., Judge Joshua M. Divine: mandatory generative AI certificate filed with the notice of appearance (CM/ECF "AI notice")

> Fill-in certificate for cases before Judge Joshua M. Divine (Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri): every attorney and pro se litigant files it on the docket with the notice of appearance, using the judge's sample…

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Law stated as at: 2026-11-08

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Fill-in certificate for cases before Judge Joshua M. Divine (Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri): every attorney and pro se litigant files it on the docket with the notice of appearance, using the judge's sample language.

## Key facts

- Kind: Court document. A document filed or served in a court or tribunal.
- Practice area: [Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States, United States federal courts, Missouri
- AI level: Green. The tool writes the first draft inside a template you have already tested. You check it. Without that test, first drafting starts at Yellow.
- Law stated as at: 2026-11-08
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-11-08 against the 2 authorities it cites, for United States, United States federal courts and Missouri.

## When to use it

Use when entering an appearance in any case before Judge Divine. File the certificate on the docket together with the notice of appearance, using the CM/ECF event under "notices" titled "AI notice". Pro se litigants must file it too.

## How AI may be used

A tool may lay out the statement the rule or order provides and fill in facts the signer gives it. The signer decides what to say about the AI use and makes the checks the statement describes.

**AI may:**

- Insert the tool name, version and uses the signer has recorded
- Insert only a version of the statement that the rule or order provides and that matches the signer's account of AI use
- Check that the statement sits where the rule or order says it must

**AI must not:**

- Must not state that citations, quotations or facts were checked; only the signer can say that after doing it
- Must not describe the AI use more narrowly than the file record shows
- Must not put prompts, privileged material or confidential client information in the statement

**The lawyer checks:**

- The current rule or order has been opened on the court's own site and matches the words used
- Every citation and quotation was checked by a person against an official or recognised source
- The statement is placed and signed as the rule requires, by the person the rule names

## Authorities

- [E.D. Mo., Judge Joshua M. Divine, Judge's Requirements, Part XVIII, Mandatory Certification Regarding Generative Artificial Intelligence, and footnote 2 (sample language)](https://www.moed.uscourts.gov/sites/moed/files/judges/requirements/jmd.pdf)
- [Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_11)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/us-fed-edmo-divine-ai-notice-certificate and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

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