Weddell

MEMORANDUM **

Rodand P. Wedded, Kelde Wedded, and John Cole appeal from the orders of the District Court and the Magistrate Judge granting summary judgment in favor of the County of Carson City (“Carson City”), Carson City Justice of the Peace Robey Wilds, Carson City District Attorney Noel Waters, Carson City Chief Deputy District Attorney Anne Langer, and Carson City Sheriff Rod Banister as wed as various deputy sheriffs (“Sheriff Defendants”). Because the parties are famidar with and have thoroughly briefed the facts, we do not recite them here. We affirm.

Plaintiffs chadenge the appdcation by the District Court and the Magistrate Judge of the doctrines of qualified immunity, judicial immunity, and prosecutorial immunity. Plaintiffs’ immunity arguments, however, are without merit.

Plaintiffs contend that the Sheriff Defendants are not entitled to qualified immunity because they acted with plain incompetence in arresting and prosecuting Rodand Wedded. A court, in applying the qualified immunity doctrine, initiady considers “whether [the plaintiff] has stated a prima facie claim that a defendant violated his constitutional rights.” Orin v. Barclay, 272 F.3d 1207, 1214 (9th…