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How courts are coping with a flood of AI-generated suits
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Most days in her chambers, Judge Maritza Braswell, a federal magistrate judge in Colorado, sifts through stacks of documents written by people without a lawyer.
Key facts
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- Cases filed by people without lawyers in Vermont rose from about 45 a year before 2022 to more than 1,100 in 2024
- According to a new study that examined 4.5 million federal civil cases from 2005 to 2026, the share of lawsuits brought by self-represented people increased from 11% in 2022 to 16.8% in 2025
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Summary
Lately, like many judges across the US, she has seen a noticeable uptick in such filings. “I do correlate that to AI in part because I see AI use,” she says. “I’m also seeing better-drafted pleadings,” she says. But while AI appears to be expanding access to justice, it doesn’t seem to be improving people’s chances of winning.