Sorry, but the case law is well established, and there is absolutely no wiggle room.
Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982)
Malley v. Briggs, 475 U.S. 335, 341 (1986)) Romero v. Kitsap County, 931 F.2d 624, 627 (9th Cir. 1991)
Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 526 (1985).
Act-Up!, 988 F.2d at 871; see also Tribble v. Gardner, 860 F.2d 321, 324 (9th Cir. 1988), cert. denied, 490 U.S. 1075 (1989).
Alexander v. City and County of San Francisco, 29 F.3d 1355, 1363-64 (9th Cir. 1994).
Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635 (1987)
Backlund v. Barnhart, 778 F.2d 1386, 1389 (9th Cir. 1985).
Romero, 931 F.2d at 627.
There is no Federal tort law from what I gather and the law of the state, Texas in this matter, becomes binding in a tort action. We were subject of a malicious prosecution suit. You may see no wiggle room, I know what I went through so something does not compute, either we are talking of something different or your research is not complete.