Is a judge immune from liability in a civil action?

However, not all acts by judges are immune from civil liability. "`Immunity exists for "judicial" actions; those relating to a function normally performed by a judge and where the parties understood they were dealing with the judge in his official capacity. [Citations.]' (Olney v. Sacramento County Bar Assn. (1989) 212 Cal.App.3d 807, 811 [260 Cal.Rptr. 842].) Thus, the line is drawn `between truly judicial acts, for which immunity is

[131 Cal.App.4th 1496]