Order | Filed: April 20, 2026
| Entered: April 20, 2026
Shed v. Bredemann et al
440 Civil Rights: Other | Illinois Northern
Order
ORDER from the 7th Circuit regarding notice of appeal 141 , appeal number 261058: On consideration of the papers filed in this appeal and review of the short record,IT IS ORDERED that this appeal is DISMISSED because it is frivolous.Rule 4(a) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a) require that a notice of appeal in a civil case be filed in the district court within 30 days of the entry of the judgment or order appealed. In this case judgment was entered on April 26, 2023, and this court affirmed the judgment on April 16, 2024. See No. 23-2508. The district court denied appellant's most recent motion for relief from the judgment on July 28, 2025, and this court dismissed an appeal from that order as frivolous on October 2, 2025, and imposed sanctions on appellant for his repeated frivolous appeals. Nos. 25-2253 & 25-2286. This notice of appeal was filed on January 12, 2026, timely with respect to only the district court's December 18, 2025, order denying appellant's motions for extension of time to pay the filing fee for the already dismissed appeals. Any arguments that could be raised with respect to that order are Case: 26-1058 Document: 7 Filed: 04/20/2026 Pages: 2No. 26-1058 Page 2insubstantial and further briefing would not be helpful to the court's consideration of the issues. See United States v. Fortner, 455 F.3d 752, 754 (7th Cir. 2006). This court has previously warned appellant Clarence Shed that his repeated frivolous appeals may result in sanctions, Nos. 24-3218, 24-3238, and later imposed limited sanctions, Nos. 25-2253, 25-2286. Shed, however, filed yet another frivolous appeal. Accordingly,IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Shed is sanctioned $1000 for filing another frivolous appeal. Within fourteen days of the date of this order, he must tender a check payable to the clerk of this court for the full amount of the sanction.IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that unless and until Shed pays all outstanding filing fees and sanctions that have been imposed on him, the clerks of all federal courts in this circuit are directed to return unfiled any papers submitted either directly or indirectly by him or on his behalf. See In re City of Chicago, 500 F.3d 582, 585-86 (7th Cir. 2007); Support Sys. Int'l, Inc. v. Mack, 45 F.3d 185, 186 (7th Cir. 1995). In accordance with our decision in Mack, exceptions to this filing bar are made for criminal cases and for applications for writs of habeas corpus. See Mack, 45 F.3d at 186-87. This order will be lifted immediately once Shed makes full payment. See City of Chicago, 500 F.3d at 585-86. If Shed, despite his best efforts, is unable to pay in full all outstanding sanctions and filing fees, no earlier than two years from the date of this order he is authorized to submit to this court a motion to modify or rescind this order. See id.; Mack, 45 F.3d at 186 (qrtr, ) (Entered: 04/20/2026)