What is the date a petition is considered to have been filed?
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The following excerpt is from Evans v. Madden, No. 2:18-cv-1868 TLN DB P (E.D. Cal. 2019):
1. Based on the prison mailbox rule, petitioner's petition is deemed filed on the date he gave it to prison authorities for mailing. See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 270 (1988). According to the proof of service attached to the petition, petitioner placed the petition in the mail to the court on June 13, 2018.
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