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![Here, Till has put forth sufficient allegations to show that Judge King’s actions did not further an “official act or sanction,” see id., but rather related to Judge King’s “private interests,” see Barnes, 105 F.3d at 1119. Indeed, Till alleges that Judge King had ELG locked in a “holding cell” and conducted a “phony mock trial” only because Judge King was offended by ELG nodding off while he was lecturing about his career as a lawyer. And Judge King is alleged to have “admitted to the press” that he was simply intending to “scare” ELG because she had “disrespect[ed]” him. Till also alleges that there is no case number, order, or any other court record associated with the events that transpired. This matters because the existence of a court record or order indicates that a judge’s actions constituted judicial acts. See Stump, 435 U.S. at 360–61 (explaining that a judge was entitled to judicial immunity despite procedural deficiencies because the judge “took cognizance” of his actions by signing a petition and “act[ing] upon it” (quoting In re Summers, 325 U.S. 561, 567 (1945))). The absence of such an order or record here therefore suggests the opposite—that Judge King’s actions were nonjudicial.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreiej7vn4efefrdhlrhqohay7ow4i4mrudxe2ae2nq36sc6oho4m7l4)
