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Fifth Circuit Holds Mailbox Rule Applies to Legal Mail Rejected Under Bogus Prison Rule

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that legal mail rejected by prison officials under a purported rule that does not exist is still entitled to the “mailbox rule.”

Clifford Medley, a Texas state prisoner, tried to mail his federal habeas corpus petition to the U.S. district court about ...

 

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