Does the "mailbox rule" apply to a prisoner's legal document?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bejaran v. Lueth, CIV. NO. 2:08-00817 DAE (E.D. Cal. 2011):
2. Under the "mailbox rule," a prisoner's legal document is deemed filed on the date the prisoner delivers it to prison officials for mailing. See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988).
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