Filed: Feb. 25, 2013
Latest Update: Feb. 12, 2020
Summary: NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604 Submitted February 25, 2013* Decided February 25, 2013 Before RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge No. 12-3097 DWAYNE E. GRAY, Appeal from the United States District Plaintiff-Appellant, Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. v. No. 1:11-cv-01575-
Summary: NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604 Submitted February 25, 2013* Decided February 25, 2013 Before RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge No. 12-3097 DWAYNE E. GRAY, Appeal from the United States District Plaintiff-Appellant, Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. v. No. 1:11-cv-01575-J..
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NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION
To be cited only in accordance with
Fed. R. App. P. 32.1
United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Submitted February 25, 2013*
Decided February 25, 2013
Before
RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge
ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge
DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge
No. 12‐3097
DWAYNE E. GRAY, Appeal from the United States District
Plaintiff‐Appellant, Court for the Southern District of Indiana,
Indianapolis Division.
v.
No. 1:11‐cv‐01575‐JMS‐DKL
CONESTOGA TITLE COMPANY, et al.,
Defendants‐Appellees. Jane E. Magnus‐Stinson,
Judge.
O R D E R
Dwayne Gray, an Indiana citizen, appeals the dismissal of his complaint in which he
accused six companies of violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Truth In Lending Act (TILA), see
15 U.S.C. §§ 1601–1667f, and state law, in connection with a foreclosure action on his
*
After examining the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is
unnecessary. Thus, the appeal is submitted on the briefs and the record. See FED. R. APP. P.
34(a)(2)(C).
No. 12‐3097 Page 2
property. The district court dismissed the complaint because none of the defendants was a
state actor; the complaint failed to state a claim under TILA; and the lone state‐law claim
warranting the exercise of supplemental jurisdiction was barred by res judicata.
On appeal Gray does not develop any legal argument challenging the basis of the
dismissal. A brief must contain “contentions and the reasons for them, with citations to the
authorities and parts of the record on which the appellant relies.” FED. R. APP. P. 28(a)(9)(A).
Gray asserts that the district court was wrong to dismiss the complaint, but does not explain
why. He instead rehashes the allegations—vague as they are—from his complaint and
appears to add others about state‐court litigation surrounding the foreclosure. We construe
pro se filings liberally, but even a pro se brief must contain more than a general assertion of
error. See Correa v. White, 518 F.3d 516, 517–18 (7th Cir. 2008); Anderson v. Hardman, 241 F.3d
544, 545–46 (7th Cir. 2001).
DISMISSED.