United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filing

A filing made with AI assistance certifies that cited authorities exist and quotations are accurate.

“All authorities cited actually exist, are accurately cited, and are accurately represented; and d. All quotations from evidence or authorities are verbatim accurate, except as specifically disclosed.”

Filing

A person filing a document must personally or through supervised counsel verify its AI-assisted content.

“This requires human verification of all of the above, either by the signatory, or an attorney of record working under the supervision of the signatory.”

Sealing

Sealed documents remain filed in CM/ECF but are no longer viewable there.

“Sealed documents will continue to be filed in CM/ECF under the Court’s existing procedures. ECF Administrative Procedures | Western District of North Carolina | United States District Court. After filing, these documents will no longer be accessible or viewable in CM/ECF.”

Sealing

Parties must serve sealed documents outside CM/ECF by an appropriate method.

“service cannot be accomplished through CM/ECF. Instead, parties will serve sealed documents conventionally by other appropriate means as provided by the Federal Rules of Procedure and the Court’s Local Rules.”

Sealing

A party filing a highly sensitive document must file a notice electronically and promptly provide the document to the clerk in hard copy.

“the filing party shall electronically file a ‘Notice of Filing a Highly Sensitive Document,’ and contemporaneously as possible with this ‘Notice’ provide the original to the Clerk's Office in hard copy”

Other

Members of the general public may not bring electronic devices into a federal courthouse, except for lobby storage lockers.

“Members of the general public may NOT bring any electronic devices into any federal courthouse, except that they may secure such devices in the storage lock boxes provided in the lobby of each courthouse that is provided for that purpose.”