Does a prisoner have to prove that they mailed their complaint to the prison authorities?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Williams v. Gore, Case No.: 15-cv-654 (S.D. Cal. 2017):
that the potential for fraud does not justify obligating truthful prisoners to prove that they mailed their complaints when the prison authorities do not provide them with means for verification."); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 270-72 (1988) ("And if there is a delay like the prisoner suspects is attributable to the prison authorities, he is unlikely to have any means of proving it . . .").
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