The following excerpt is from Watts v. Santoro, No. 2:16-cv-0540-TLN-CMK-P (E.D. Cal. 2017):
1. The filing dates used here are the most beneficial to petitioner, and take advantage of the "prison mailbox rule." See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988); Stillman v. LaMarque, 319 F.3d 1199, 1201 (9th Cir. 2003) (applying rule to prisoner's habeas corpus petition).
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