Michael D. Ellis v. Francis Kneifl, Individually and as Judge for the State District Court of Nebraska, Cedar County

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Michael Ellis appeals from the district court’s 1 order granting summary judgment to defendant Francis Kneifl, a Nebraska state trial court judge, on Ellis’ civil rights claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) and Neb.Rev.Stat. § 28-926 (1985). Kneifl had accepted Ellis’ guilty plea on a charge of issuing a no-account check, and sentenced him to one to five years’ imprisonment. Ellis claims that Kneifl conspired with Shirley Arens, clerk of the court in which Kneifl sat, and Duane Peterson, Ellis’ court-appointed attorney, to prevent perfection of Ellis’…