The following excerpt is from Smith v. Rodriguez, No. 2:13-cv-2192 JAM AC P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
4. The filing dates referenced in this discussion apply the prison mailbox rule. See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988) (establishing prison mailbox rule); Campbell v. Henry, 614 F.3d 1056, 1059 (9th Cir. 2010) (applying the mailbox rule to both state and federal filings by incarcerated inmates).
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