What is considered to be a prisoner's submission to the Court of Appeal on the date the inmate sends it to the prison staff for mailing?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cloud v. Cox, 2:19-cv-02593 WBS DB P (E.D. Cal. 2021):
[1] Prisoners' submissions are considered filed with the court on the date the prisoner provides them to prison staff for mailing. See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 270 (1988).
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