SILVERBRAND v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. S143929.

46 Cal.4th 106 (2009)

___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___

___ P.3d ___

PETER SILVERBRAND, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

April 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Silverbrand, in pro. per.; Horvitz & Levy, under appointment by the Supreme Court, David S. Ettinger and John A. Taylor for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Eisenberg and Hancock, Jon B. Eisenberg, Charles A. Bird, Jay-Allen Eisen, Dennis A. Fischer, Steven L. Mayer, Douglas R. Young and Michael Traynor for California Academy of Appellate Lawyers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Clare Pastore; Heller Ehrman, Stephen N. Goldberg and Jesse P. Sisgold for American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Dunn Koes, Pamela E. Dunn and Daniel J. Koes for Los Angeles County Bar Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Thever & Associates, Ronald A. Chavez; Pollak, Vida & Fisher and Daniel P. Barer for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

GEORGE, C. J.

The prison-delivery rule — as most recently articulated by this court—provides that a self-represented prisoner's notice of appeal in a criminal case is deemed timely filed if, within the relevant period set forth in the California Rules of Court,1 the notice is delivered to prison authorities pursuant to the procedures established for prisoner...

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