UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA 

SOUTH BEND DIVISION 

Quintin Mayweather-Brown, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. Case No. 3:16-CV-444 JVB 

Brad Rodgers, et al., 

 Defendants. 

OPINION AND ORDER 

 Quintin Mayweather-Brown, a pro se prisoner, filed a complaint attempting to raise claims 

which arose on and immediately following March 20, 2014. In a previous order (DE 6), the court 

concluded the original complaint (DE 1) in this case was filed after the statute of limitations. 

Though that complaint was dated March 10, 2016, it could not have been mailed before June 2, 

2016, because it was sent with an in forma pauperis motion which was signed on June 2, 2016, 

and enclosed with an inmate trust fund ledger which was also dated June 2, 2016. Pursuant to 

Luevano v. Wal-Mart, 722 F.3d 1014 (7th Cir. 2013), Mayweather-Brown was granted leave to 

file an amended complaint. He was instructed that he needed to state when he mailed the original 

complaint in this case and to clarify when each event happened in 2014 which gave rise to his 

remaining claims. In response, rather than filing an amended complaint, he filed a motion to correct 

error. 

 This motion (DE 7) says nothing about when the original complaint (DE 1) in this case was 

mailed. Therefore he has not disputed that it was mailed on or after June 2, 2016. It also says 

nothing about when any of the events giving rise to his claim occurred. Therefore he has not 

disputed that they arose on or immediately following March 20, 2014. Based on these undisputed 

facts, the complaint in this case is untimely because it was filed after the statute of limitations. 
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 Nevertheless, the motion argues that this is not the first time that he has tried to raise these 

claims. He is correct. In Mayweather-Brown v. Rodgers, 3:14-CV-1846 (N.D. Ind. filed September 

8, 2014), he sued Stephany Biggler, Brad Rodgers, Officer White, and Sgt. Whitmer. He alleged 

that on March 20, 2014, while he was a pretrial detainee at the Elkhart County Jail, Officer 

Whitmer and Officer White transported him into the booking area on a backboard after he had 

attempted to hang himself. While they were working to remove his clothing, he spoke to Lt. 

Biggler, but she did not respond. When Officer Whitmer and Officer White took him off the 

backboard and attempted to remove his underwear, Mayweather-Brown was able to free one hand 

in an attempt to remove them himself. As a result, they forced him to the floor and one of them 

punched him in the face. Stephany Biggler and Brad Rodgers were dismissed, but he was granted 

leave to proceed against Officer White and Sgt. Whitmer. On August 31, 2015, the case was 

dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) because MayweatherBrown did not respond to an order to show cause explaining why he had not filed a status report. 

Neither the order to show cause (mailed on July 24, 2015) nor the order of dismissal and judgment 

(mailed September 1, 2015) were returned undeliverable to the court. Mayweather-Brown has not 

filed anything in 3:14-CV-1846 since that judgment was entered more than a year ago. 

 In the current case, Mayweather-Brown appears to argue that, because he has previously 

sued based on these same events, the statute of limitation was extended. In this case, MayweatherBrown is suing ten defendants, including three he previously sued in 3:14-CV-1846. As to those 

three, final judgment was entered and the claims against them are barred by res judicata. As for 

the other seven who were not named in 3:14-CV-1846, the deadline for bringing these claims was 

not extended by that case and these claims are barred by the statute of limitations. In any case, 

Mayweather-Brown’s claims are frivolous. 
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 For these reasons, the motion to correct error (DE 7) is DENIED and this case is 

DISMISSED as legally frivolous pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 

SO ORDERED on December 16, 2016. 

 s/ Joseph S. Van Bokkelen 

 JOSEPH S. VAN BOKKELEN 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE