The following excerpt is from Badue v. Beard, No. 2:13-cv-2368-WBS-CMK-P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
2. The filing dates given provide petitioner the benefit of the mailbox rule. See Stillman v. LaMarque, 319 F.3d 1199, 1201 (9th Cir. 2003) (applying rule to prisoner's habeas corpus petition).
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