Legal Opinion
Houston v. Lack
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 24, 1988No. 87-5428PublishedCited by 5,472 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
Pro se prisoners can file notices of appeal to the federal courts of appeals only by delivering them to prison authorities for forwarding to the appropriate district court. The question we decide in this case is whether under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(1) such notices are to be considered filed at the moment of delivery to prison authorities for forwarding or at some later point in time.
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Incarcerated in a Tennessee prison, petitioner Prentiss Houston filed a pro se petition under 28 U. S. C. § 2254 for a writ of habeas corpus in Federal District Court in Tennessee. That court…
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