How has the prison mailbox rule been used in determining the filing date of a habeas petition?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Anderson v. Lizarraga, No. 2:14-cv-00522 JAM AC P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
1. The prison mailbox rule was used in determining the filing date of petitioner's state and federal habeas petitions because they were submitted pro se. See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988).
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