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    Default Re: Recourse for Defamation, Slander, Libel, Civil Rights

    821.6. A public employee is not liable for injury caused by his instituting or prosecuting any judicial or administrative proceeding within the scope of his employment, even if he acts maliciously and without probable cause.
    They are immune from liability for defamation or intentional infliction of emotional distress pursuant to Government Code section 821.6.

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