N.D. Tex., Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk: certificate on generative AI filed with the notice of appearance
Fill-in one-time certificate that every attorney and pro se litigant appearing before Judge Kacsmaryk (Northern District of Texas, Amarillo) must file with the notice of appearance, covering generative AI and Rule 11 responsibility.
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Kind
Court document A document filed or served in a court or tribunal.
Version
1
Where it applies
United States, United States federal courts, Texas
AI use
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.
Source
Written for this library
Status
Maintained. Checked on 7 November 2026 against the 3 authorities it cites, for United States, United States federal courts and Texas.
When to use it
Use when entering an appearance in any case before Judge Kacsmaryk. File it on the docket with the notice of appearance. Filings from a party without a certificate on file will be struck. The judge's page links a template; prefer it where it differs. District-wide, N.D. Tex. LR 7.2(f) also applies to briefs.
How to use this precedent
Check that it fits the matter: read “When to use it” and the places it applies to.
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Adapt it to the matter, filling in each placeholder shown in [square brackets].
Use AI only as far as the Green level allows. “How AI may be used” says what AI may and must not do.
Before it goes out, a lawyer checks it against current law and each point under “The lawyer checks”.
How AI may be used
A tool may lay out the judge's statement 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
Must not certify that AI will draft legal briefing without first moving for leave
The lawyer checks
The current judge's 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