Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,480 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
Rule 3 - Commencing an Action
Fed. R. Civ. P. 3 Cited 3,006 times 5 Legal AnalysesStating that once the inmate has filed his motion with the clerk, "[t]he clerk must file the motion and enter it on the criminal docket of the case in which the challenged judgment was entered"
Section 1011 - Manner of service
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1011 Cited 80 timesAuthorizing personal service on an attorney
Section 1013 - Requirements for service by mail
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1013 Cited 74 times(a) In case of service by mail, the notice or other paper shall be deposited in a post office, mailbox, subpost office, substation, or mail chute, or other like facility regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service, in a sealed envelope, with postage paid, addressed to the person on whom it is to be served, at the office address as last given by that person on any document filed in the cause and served on the party making service by mail; otherwise at that party's place of residence.