Judge Derek A. Lewis (16th Cir., Monroe) — STILL REQUIRES AI… — Monroe County, FL · BenchPath

Judge Derek A. Lewis (16th Cir., Monroe) — STILL REQUIRES AI disclosure and certification on his profile, after the June 15, 2026 statewide preemption

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Judge PreferencesJudge Derek A. Lewis, Division Procedures §P (Use of Artificial Intelligence), keyscourts.net — live 2026-07-24

Summary

Judge Lewis's live division-procedures profile (section P, "Use of Artificial Intelligence") requires any attorney or pro se litigant filing AI-assisted work to include a certification of personal review and verification AND to disclose the AI use on the face of the document, with sanctions up to contempt, striking of pleadings or dismissal, fines and attorney's fees, and referral to The Florida Bar. BenchPath re-verified this language live on 2026-07-24. AOSC26-12, effective June 15, 2026, bars courts from imposing AI disclosure or certification requirements "whether through local administrative orders, court policies, judicial practices and procedures, or other means" — a judge's published practices and procedures are squarely within that bar. The requirement is therefore PREEMPTED and unenforceable, but it remains posted; BenchPath tracks it verbatim rather than deleting it. Note the 16th adopted NO circuit-level AI order at all — this is purely a judge-level survivor.

Applies to

PREEMPTED-BUT-POSTED. Middle Keys county division and Middle Keys circuit criminal (Judge Lewis). No filer must comply: AOSC26-12 (eff. June 15, 2026) preempts local AI disclosure/certification requirements including those imposed through judicial practices and procedures. Amended Rule 2.515(d)(2) (SC2026-0673) governs instead — the signer represents that cited authorities exist and are accurately cited.

Source of truth

Quoted verbatim from the live profile; BenchPath independently re-fetched the page on 2026-07-24 and confirmed the mandate and sanctions language are still posted.

Official source: 16th Circuit — Judges
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (live text containment) | prior: benchpath-arbitration-2026-07-24

Criminal Traffic Criminal — Felony DUI / BUI Criminal — Misdemeanor Bond & Pretrial Release Domestic Violence Battery Traffic (Civil Infractions)Post-Conviction (Rule 3.850)Sealing & Expunction Violation of Probation

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