6 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 18 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Dowell v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dowell v. State Anchor | green | “reason- able, legitimate, and verifiable documentation supporting a claim that a document was timely submitted to prison officials for mailing.” | 3 |
| 2 | Dowell v. State | green | “a pro se incarcerated litigant who delivers a document to prison officials for mailing on or before its due date accomplishes a timely filing” | 3 |
| 3 | Dowell v. State | green | “an affidavit from a prison em- ployee verifying that the plaintiff presented the record to her on the date it was due but that the prison employee did not mail the record until the next day.” | 3 |
| 4 | Erik Morales v. State of Indiana | green | “the date a pro-se prisoner delivers notice to prison au- thorities for mailing should be considered the date of filing as opposed to the date of receipt and the burden is on the peti- tioner to show that the notice was timely delivered to prison authorities.” | 3 |
| 5 | Chris E. Harkins v. Shannon Westmeyer, Jon Niklas, Angie Harkins, and Janet Harkins | green | “creates a presump- tion that harkins functionally filed his documents” | 3 |
| 6 | Chris E. Harkins v. Shannon Westmeyer, Jon Niklas, Angie Harkins, and Janet Harkins | green | “where a prisoner's proof is lacking, how- ever, the opposite result obtains.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.