Shuntay Brown v. Federal Reserve System

596 F. App'x 504

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Decided: March 12, 2015
• Docket: 14-2716
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

ORDER

Shuntay Brown appeals from the denial of his motion to reconsider the dismissal of his federal civil-rights lawsuit. We affirm.

Brown and Willie Lipscomb (for whom Brown is the legal guardian) were evicted from the condominium where they lived in 2012. Brown then sued his former landlords, the condominium association, its law firm, Bank of America, and the “Federal Reserve System,” alleging constitutional violations and violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12201-12213, in connection with his earlier bankruptcy and the state court’s eviction proceeding. The district court screened the complaint, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2)(B), and dismissed it with prejudice, concluding that jurisdiction was lacking over Brown’s claim for damages exceeding $10,000 against an agency of the United States government, see 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(2), and over his remaining challenges to the state court’s eviction order.

Less than three weeks later, Brown sought reconsideration of the dismissal, which the district court denied. Brown moved a second time for reconsideration, and the court dismissed this request as identical to the first. Several months later Brown without elaboration sought relief from judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(a) and (b)(1); the district court denied this request in a minute entry.

On appeal Brown asserts that his confusion about certain court deadlines was “excusable neglect” for purposes of Rule 60(b). But in his motion to the district court Brown did not put forward any reason that would justify relief under Rule 60(b).

AFFIRMED.