...hearing.
Under the mailbox rule, items placed in the mail are presumed received by the addressee. In re Cendant Corp. Prides Litig., 311 F.3d 298, 304 (3d Cir. 2002). "The presumption arises...not met his initial burden to invoke the mailbox rule.
Further, as both the ALJ and the Magistrate Judge noted, Plaintiff's failure to follow up on his alleged request for a hearing for several years and the fact that he simply filed a "new" request in October 2006 weigh heavily against invocation of the mailbox rule presumption in..., even if the Plaintiff had proof that the August 26, 2003 letter was mailed on that date, the mailbox rule likely does not apply in this case. SSA regulations state that a request for hearing before...