Spotville v. Cain

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• holding that the “mailbox rule” deems a pro se prisoner’s petition filed on the date it is delivered to prison officials for mailing
• recognizing that “a pro se prisoner litigant’s Section 1983 complaint is filed as soon as the pleadings have been deposited into the prison mail system”
• holding that a pro se prisoner’s application for federal writ of habeas corpus is deemed “filed” as of the date it is tendered to prison authorities for mailing
• holding that under the prison mailbox rule, a prisoner is deemed to have filed a document in federal court when he deposits it in the prison mail system
• holding that under the prison mailbox rule, a prisoner is deemed to have filed a document in federal court when he deposits it in the prison mail system
• holding that a federal petition is deemed filed Nonetheless, Petitioner is not entitled to equitable tolling. After receiving notice of the denial of his art. for determining application of the AEDPA when the prisoner tenders it to prison officials for mailing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).