206 Fed. Appx. 560
ZENA D. CRENSHAW, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
JOAN S. ANTOKOL, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
No. 06-2046
January 5, 2007, Decided
Lead opinion by RICHARD A. POSNER; JOHN L. COFFEY; DANIEL A. MANION
564 ORDER
Our order in this appeal directed appellant Zena Crenshaw to show cause why she should not be sanctioned under Fed. R. App. P. 38 for taking a frivolous appeal. In her response, she instead petitioned for rehearing, reiterating that this appeal is part of her on-going campaign against abuses she perceives within the judicial system.
But it is Crenshaw that has abused the system: whenever she finds herself on the losing end of a matter, she sues the opposing litigants and their attorneys (in this case alone there were 15 defendants), repeatedly alleging that they conspired with presiding judges to receive favorable outcomes. See Crenshaw v. Baynerd, 565 180 F.3d 866 (7th Cir. 1999); Crenshaw v. Supreme Court of Indiana, 170 F.3d 725 (7th Cir. 1999); Crenshaw v. Hodgson, 24 Fed.Appx. 619, 621 (7th Cir. Dec. 20, 2001); Crenshaw v. Antokol, et al., No. 06-2046, 206 Fed. Appx. 560, (7th Cir. Nov. 16, 2006). All of these suits were dismissed; the only so-called "evidence" of conspiracy that Crenshaw has ever offered is her losing record. In fact, although she is an attorney, Crenshaw is currently suspended from the Indiana state bar and both the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana for making such allegations against Indiana state judges. In re Crenshaw, 815 N.E.2d 1013 (Ind. 2004); In re Crenshaw, 130 Fed.Appx. 829 (7th Cir. May 12, 2005); In re Crenshaw, No. 06-2585 (7th Cir. Sep. 25, 2006).
This must stop. "The judicial system cannot tolerate litigants who refuse to accept adverse decisions." Homola v. McNamara, 59 F.3d 647, 651 (7th Cir. 1995). Accordingly, the petition for rehearing is DENIED, and the court makes this order as a Rule 38 sanction:
Crenshaw is fined $ 1,000, payable to the Clerk of this Court. If this fine is not paid in 14 days, we will enter an order under Support Systems International, Inc. v. Mack, 45 F.3d 185 (7th Cir. 1995), precluding Crenshaw from conducting civil litigation (other than as a petitioner seeking release from confinement) in all courts within this circuit until the fine has been paid in full.