The following excerpt is from Androshchuk v. Biter, No. 2:15-cv-1204 MCE AC P (E.D. Cal. 2016):
1. Since petitioner is a prisoner proceeding pro se, he is afforded the benefit of the prison mailbox rule. See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988).
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