)). The usual case of abuse of process involves some form of extortion. Scozari v. Barone, 546 So. 2d 750, 751(Fla. 3d DCA 1989) (citing Bothmann v. Harrington, 458 So. 2d 1163, 1169 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984)). That is exactly what has transpired here. Epstein employed the extraordinary financial resources at his d

ce more recently. See State ex rel. Wild v. Otis, 257 N.W.2d 361, 365 (Minn. 1977) (holding that party has no right of private prosecution); State v. Harrington, 534 SW.2d 44, 48 (Mo. 1976) (holding that a right of private prosecution should not be permitted); People v. Calderone, 573 N.Y.S.2d 1005, 1007 (N.Y

iated with the judicial phase of the criminal process,” the prosecutor enjoyed absolute immunity from a civil suit for damages. Id. at 430-31. In Harrington v. Almy, 977 F.2d 37 (1st Cir. 1992), the court applied Imbler to a challenge to a prosecutor’s decision not to prosecute. The court noted that “gi