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Resolve a citation hold before a document leaves

BRON holds a document during approval, export, sharing or another outside action because a citation cannot be confirmed, or because the required check could not run.

For firm teamsReviewed Available. External source availability can prevent a required check from running.

Before you begin

  • Access to the document and its citation report.
  • Any permitted release requires a licensed attorney at the firm and that attorney's stated reason.

What to do

  1. Read the hold report and identify the particular citation, quotation or failed lookup. Separate an adverse or unverified result from a check that was unavailable. A check that did not run cannot establish that the citation passed.
  2. Open the source and compare it with the draft. Correct a mistaken citation, repair an inaccurate quotation, or revise a proposition that the source does not support. Save the changed document before asking the system to check the version you intend to use.
  3. Run the available citation check again after making the correction. Inspect the new result rather than relying on the previous report. Case citations use CourtListener's public case law; the firm's independent research process still determines how to rely on an authority.
  4. If a result remains unverified and the interface offers a permitted release, the licensed attorney must decide and enter their own specific reason. Read the confirmation for the exact document and action. A generic instruction to get it out is not a substitute for that professional judgment.
  5. If the check itself cannot run, keep the document held and report the failure. That condition cannot be bypassed through an attorney release. After a permitted release or successful correction, inspect the resulting action status; release of a hold alone does not establish delivery, filing or service.

What you should see

The corrected saved version passes its required check, remains held for a stated problem, or has a permitted attorney release recorded with its reason.

Limits and unresolved problems

Only a licensed attorney at the firm can release an eligible citation hold. A failed or unavailable required check stays blocking. No negative signals found is the strongest treatment wording, not a citator opinion.

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