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title: "Texas federal judges' AI certificates: Judge Boyle (N.D. Tex., human-drafted certificate), Judges Olvera and Ganjei (S.D. Tex.) and Judge Ernest Gonzalez (W.D. Tex., civil and criminal cases)"
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# Texas federal judges' AI certificates: Judge Boyle (N.D. Tex., human-drafted certificate), Judges Olvera and Ganjei (S.D. Tex.) and Judge Ernest Gonzalez (W.D. Tex., civil and criminal cases)

> Fill-in AI certificates keyed to four Texas federal judges: Boyle (every filing certifies its text was written entirely by a human attorney), Olvera (certificate with the proposed scheduling order), Ganjei…

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Law stated as at: 2026-11-08

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Fill-in AI certificates keyed to four Texas federal judges: Boyle (every filing certifies its text was written entirely by a human attorney), Olvera (certificate with the proposed scheduling order), Ganjei (separate-page certification) and Gonzalez (all cases, from 25 June 2026).

## 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, Texas
- 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 7 authorities it cites, for United States, United States federal courts and Texas.

## When to use it

Use in cases before one of these judges. Boyle: every filing in a case she presides over, from 1 September 2026. Olvera: once, with the proposed scheduling order. Ganjei: every motion, response and reply, even with no AI use. Gonzalez: any pleading or filing, civil or criminal, drafted with generative AI help.

## 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
- For Boyle, no AI-generated text is in the filing, so the human-authorship certificate is true
- For Ganjei, the no-AI version is used only where no AI was consulted at any stage

## Authorities

- [N.D. Tex., Senior Judge Jane J. Boyle, Judge's Requirements, item 11, Artificial Intelligence (effective 1 September 2026)](https://www.txnd.uscourts.gov/judge/senior-district-judge-jane-boyle)
- [S.D. Tex., Judge Rolando Olvera, Local Rules (Civil), section 8.C, Mandatory Certificate Regarding Generative Artificial Intelligence, and Appendix C (sample certificate)](https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/Judge_Olvera_Local_Rules_%28Civil%29_1-18-24_-_Amended.pdf)
- [S.D. Tex., Judge Nicholas J. Ganjei, Court Procedures (November 2026), sections 16(j) and 30, Use of Artificial Intelligence](https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/files/Ganjei%20Court%20Procedures%20%28November%202026%29.pdf)
- [W.D. Tex., Judge Ernest Gonzalez, Standing Order in Criminal Cases, section 11, Generative Artificial Intelligence, and Appendix C, Certificate of Generative Artificial Intelligence Usage](https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Judge-Ernest-Gonzalez-Standing-Order-in-Criminal-Cases.pdf)
- [W.D. Tex., Judge Ernest Gonzalez, Standing Order Concerning the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Preparation of Filings (25 June 2026), and Appendix A, Certificate of Generative Artificial Intelligence Usage](https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EG-Standing-Order-on-AI-1st-draft-6-24-2026-1.pdf)
- N.D. Tex. Local Civil Rule 7.2(f)
- [Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_11)

## Full text and drafting notes

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