Judge Sherry L. Shipman

Applies to

Certification form

Must include

ai disclosure

Self-represented litigants and attorneys using artificial intelligence must sign and submit the attached certification form before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding.

Applies to

Certification form

The certification must state that a human verified all generative-AI-created or contributed language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis through traditional non-AI legal sources before submission.

Applies to

Certificate

Must include

ai disclosure

The filer must certify that a human independently verified all generative-AI-created or contributed information through traditional non-AI legal sources before submission to the court.

Deadline

3 working days

Except in an emergency, briefs on motions other than summary judgment must be served and filed no later than three working days before the hearing.

A summary-judgment support brief must be filed and served together with the summary-judgment motion.

An opposition brief on a summary-judgment motion must be filed and served no later than the response due date.

Format

PDF

Text-document files must be searchable PDFs compatible with the latest Adobe Reader and must not be password-protected, encrypted, or subject to rights management.

Format

PDF

Scanning text documents should be avoided when possible, and documents should be converted directly to PDF when feasible.

Scanned document images must be black and white and have a resolution of 300 dpi.

The attorney of record must serve all attorneys of record and parties with the vacation letter when the attorney will be unavailable for a vacation.

The moving party must immediately provide written hearing details to all other parties and immediately file a written notice of hearing with the applicable clerk.

Applies to

Trial setting request

The party requesting a trial setting must serve the request on every other party.