Hudgins v. Anthony

John C. Hudgins, an inmate incarcerated at the Childersburg Work Release Center (“the work-release center”), appeals from a judgment of the Cherokee Circuit Court (“the trial court”) dismissing an action he had brought against Stephen Joel Anthony. We reverse and remand.

In 2012, Hudgins was convicted of trafficking in marijuana and sentenced to 15 *190years in prison. In January 2014, after he had begun serving his sentence, Hudgins, acting pro se, sued Anthony. Hudgins alleged that, in 2013, Anthony had converted Hudgins’s mobile home (“the mobile home”), which was located in Cherokee County. As…