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Houston Vs. Lack

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 24, 1988

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  1. United States Vs. Lombardo US Supreme Court · Apr 02, 1916
  2. Thompson Vs. Ins US Supreme Court · Jan 06, 1964
  3. United States Vs. Boyle US Supreme Court · Jan 09, 1985
  4. U.S. 266 (1988) U.S. Supreme Court Houston v. Lack
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  5. U.S. 266 (1988) Houston v. Lack
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  6. at the moment of delivery to prison authorities for forwarding to the district court. Cf. Fallen v. United
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  7. We last addressed questions concerning the timely filing of notices of appeals by pro se prisoners in Fallen v. United
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  8. stamped on his notice. Respondent stresses that a petition for habeas corpus is a civil action, see Browder v. Director
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  9. by the clerk of the court. Parissi v. Telechron
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  10. Deloney v. Estelle
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  11. Aldabe v. Aldabe
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  12. United States v. Solly
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  13. Haney v. Mizell
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  14. Sanchez v. Board
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  15. Allen v. Schnuckle
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  16. court is the moment of filing. The lower courts have, in fact, also held that receipt by a District Judge, Halfen v. United
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  17. States, 324 F.2d 52, 54 (CA10 1963), or at the former address for the District Court Clerk, Lundy v. Union
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  18. is taken has adopted a rule which deems a document filed on mailing. See generally Placeway Construction Corp. v. United
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  19. and that it would put all the evidence about the date of filing in the hands of one party. See, e.g., United States v. Lombardo
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  20. Respondent suggests that this Court has rejected the mailbox rule, citing Parissi v. Telechron
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  21. Inc., 349 U. S. 46 (1955), and United States v. Lombardo
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  22. Da'Ville v. Wise
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  23. under Fallen v. United
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  24. under Harris Truck Lines, Inc. v. Cherry
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  25. Meat Packers, Inc., 371 U. S. 215 , 371 U. S. 217 (1962), and Thompson v. INS
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  26. Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp
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  27. reasoning that the Post Office can be deemed the agent of the addressee, Household Fire & Carriage Accident Ins. Co. v. Grant
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  28. Ante at 487 U. S. 274 . See, e.g., Parissi v. Telechron
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  29. Haney v. Mizell
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  30. Ward v. Atlantic
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  31. as required by Fallen v. United
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  32. of the sort recognized in Harris Truck Lines, Inc. v. Cherry
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  33. and Wolfsohn v. Hankin
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  34. Griggs v. Provident
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  35. Browder v. Director
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  36. Dept. of Correction of Illinois, 434 U. S. 257 (1978). As we observed in United States v. Locke
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  37. must be enforced. 'Any less rigid standard would risk encouraging a lax attitude toward filing dates,' United States v. Boyle
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  38. U.S. Supreme Court Houston v. Lack
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  39. Cf. Fallen v. United
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  40. Fallen v. United
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  41. Browder v. Director
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  42. Parissi v. Telechron
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  43. Deloney v. Estelle
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  44. District Judge, Halfen v. United
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  45. the District Court Clerk, Lundy v. Union
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  46. Placeway Construction Corp. v. United
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  47. and United States v. Lombardo
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  48. Harris Truck Lines, Inc. v. Cherry
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  49. and Thompson v. INS
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  50. Household Fire & Carriage Accident Ins. Co. v. Grant
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