The following excerpt is from McColm v. Trinity Cnty., No. 2:12-cv-1984-MCE-CMK (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Plaintiff also claims several deputy district attorneys brought baseless charges against her at the direction of the judges and court employees, thus committing prosecutorial misconduct. More specifically, plaintiff alleges the defendants filed questionable charges against her based on false and misleading allegations. It is unclear whether plaintiff was prosecuted on these charges, which would render this claim barred under Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, (1994). However, either way filing charges is a prosecutorial action which is entitled to immunity.
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