▁from ▁prison ▁against ▁three ▁federal ▁jud ges . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁jud ges ▁target ed ▁was ▁the ▁judge ▁who ▁sent enced ▁Peters en ▁to ▁prison ▁originally . ▁Peters en ▁was ▁sent enced ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁to ▁ 1 5 ▁years . ▁He ▁was ▁conv icted ▁on ▁ 1 9 ▁of ▁ 2 0 ▁counts , ▁which ▁included ▁bank ▁fra ud ▁and ▁armed ▁rob ber y . ▁While ▁serving ▁his ▁sentence ▁in ▁a ▁federal ▁prison ▁in ▁Minnesota , ▁Peters en ▁de vised ▁a ▁scheme ▁in ▁which ▁to ▁ret ali ate ▁against ▁three ▁jud ges ▁in ▁his ▁case . ▁Federal ▁pro sec utors , ▁after ▁investig ating , ▁found ▁that ▁Peters en ▁invent ed ▁a ▁company ▁that ▁supposed ly ▁held ▁assets ▁that ▁included ▁a ▁$ 1 0 0 ▁tr ill ion ▁default ▁judgment ▁against ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁He ▁then ▁sold ▁" sh ares " ▁of ▁the ▁ph ony ▁company ▁to ▁fellow ▁in m ates ▁and ▁others . ▁He ▁claimed ▁these ▁shares ▁were ▁back ed ▁by ▁" re dem ption ▁certific ates " ▁to ▁be ▁re de emed ▁when ▁the ▁judgment ▁was ▁collected . ▁The ▁judgment ▁he ▁referred ▁to ▁came ▁from ▁a ▁self - created ▁court , ▁after ▁former ▁Secretary ▁of ▁State ▁Made le ine ▁Al br ight ▁decl ined ▁to ▁respond ▁to ▁his ▁dem ands . ▁He ▁was ▁demand ing ▁$ 1 0 0 ▁tr ill ion , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁$ 1 ▁billion ▁per ▁day ▁in ▁interest ▁for ▁un law fully ▁conf ining ▁him . ▁Peters en ▁followed ▁up ▁by