The following excerpt is from Anderson v. Muniz, No. 2:16-cv-1021 MCE AC P (E.D. Cal. 2018):
1. The filing date of documents submitted when petitioner was proceeding pro se will be determined based on the prison mailbox rule. Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988) (documents are considered filed at the time prisoner delivers them to prison authorities for mailing).
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