Colorado · federal district court · 2026

United Casualty & Surety Insurance Company v. Ravenwood Energy Partners, LP

District Court, D. Colorado, 14 April 2026. What the court wrote about citations that did not exist, in its own words, from the document on file.

Case record · D. Colo.

  1. Court. District Court, D. ColoradoCOURT
  2. Level. federal district courtLEVEL
  3. Date. 14 April 2026DATED
  4. Docket. No. 1:25-cv-03123DOCKET
  5. Judge. Shane Kato CrewsJUDGE
  6. Documents. one document, 2 passages quoted belowON FILE
  7. Source. CourtListenerSOURCE

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Docket entry 39, 14 April 2026 · source · PDF · 1 pages

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STARNELLA The Court takes no position on attorneys’ use of generative AI in their filings, other than it is imperative that attorneys and pro se litigants who use AI double (and triple) check AI’s work to avoid filing documents with erroneous and fictitious case law or other references that mislead the Court and waste time.

12, 56, and 65—and the corresponding response and reply, shall contain an AI Certification regarding the use, or non-use, of generative AI in preparing the filing. The preparer of the filing must certify that (1) the legal authority cited therein is not the product of generative artificial intelligence and that (2) any language drafted by AI (even if later edited by a human) was personally reviewed by the filer or another human for accuracy and all legal citations are to actual, non- fictitious cases or cited authority. The Court will strike any filing (without prejudice) from a party who fails to include the AI Certification in the above-mentioned motions.

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