Q: Do judges actual read complaints filed in district courts or are complaints scanned by the clerk and algorithms create r
Create responses; orders, judgements and mail them to the plaintiffs?
A: No, the U.S. legal system does not use AI to decide cases. People (judges and juries) decide the issues in disputes before a court. While there may be some automation, those processes are not substantive in nature.
Tim Akpinar agrees with this answer
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Cases still get decided manually, despite the advances in AI. The decision making is done by jurors, or judges in non-jury trials. Yes, judges do read complaints, as well as motions and other pleadings developed in the course of pre-trial preparation or trial itself. There have been advances in technology for processing information, such as e-Discovery software and document review software. These enable sifting through large volumes of documents while spotting certain legal issues, statutes, or terms. But for now, decision-making still tends to be a manual process.
Tim Akpinar
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