What is the "prison mailbox rule" on a pro se prisoner petition?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Castaneda v. Cisneros, 1:20-cv-00377-NONE-HBK (E.D. Cal. 2021):

[2] The Court applies the prison mailbox rule to pro se prisoner petitions, deeming the petition filed on the date the prisoner delivers it to prison authorities for forwarding to the clerk of court. See Saffold v. Newland, 250 F.3d 1262, 1265, 1268 (9th Cir.2000), overruled on other grounds, Carey v. Saffold, 536 U.S. 214 (2002)

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