Tommy Lee Cleaton, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Catherine Hammersten and Fern L. Smith, Defendants-appellees, 39 F.3d 1191 (10th Cir. 1994)

Plaintiff was convicted in Oklahoma state court of attempted robbery in the first degree. He brought this 42 U.S.C.1983 action against his defense attorney and the district attorney who prosecuted him, alleging that defendants conspired to violate his constitutional rights. Plaintiff sought monetary damages. The district court ruled that the prosecutor was protected by absolute immunity, the defense attorney was not a state actor subject to a 1983 action, and plaintiff's evidence was insufficient to show conspiracy between the immune prosecutor and the defense attorney. On those grounds, the court granted the prosecutor's motion for summary judgment and the defense attorney's motion to dismiss. Plaintiff now appeals. After carefully considering plaintiff's arguments on appeal, we AFFIRM for substantially the reasons stated by the district court.