What is considered a "mailbox rule" when a prisoner delivers a document to prison staff for mailing?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Meeks v. Nunez, CASE NO. 13cv973-GPC(BGS) (S.D. Cal. 2016):
1. Under the "mailbox rule" a document is deemed filed when a prisoner delivers the document to prison staff for mailing that day. Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988)
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