Payne v. Beverly

Rayon Payne [“Payne”], pro se, has appealed the trial court’s order dismissing his complaint against Julia Ruth Beverly [“Beverly”] with prejudice and awarding Beverly attorney’s fees and costs. We reverse.

On March 1, 2006, Payne filed a “Complaint for Discovery” against Beverly, Tu-cows, Inc., and HostGator.com. In his complaint, Payne alleged that he was the registered owner of the “95LIVE.COM” domain [“the domain”] in October of 2002 and that, while Payne was in prison, John Bondorowsky fraudulently • accessed Payne’s e-mail account and illegally altered records for the domain to reflect…