The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Valdez-Santos, No. CR S-02-104-LKK GGH (E.D. Cal. 2011):
3. The "mailbox rule" applies to applications to both the California and federal courts for purposes of calculating tolling of the statute of limitations under AEDPA. Dils v. Small, 260 F.3d 984, 986 (9th Cir. 2001); Anthony v. Cambra, 236 F.3d 568, 574-75 (9th Cir. 2000), cert. denied, 533 U.S. 941, 121 S.Ct. 2576 (2001).
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