What is the "mailbox rule" in the context of federal and state petitions?
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The following excerpt is from White v. Stolc, No. 2:10-cv-03379 MCE KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2011):
2. Where appropriate, petitioner has been accorded the benefit of the "mailbox rule." See Rule 3(d), Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts (filing date is date of deposit in institution's internal mailing system); see also Campbell v. Henry, 614 F.3d 1056, 1059 (9th Cir. 2010) ("[t]he mailbox rule applies to federal and state petitions alike").
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