Article 35Human Relations (n)

When a person, claiming to be injured by a

criminal offense, charges another with the same, for

which no independent civil action is granted in this Code

or any special law, but the justice of the peace finds no

reasonable grounds to believe that a crime has been

committed, or the prosecuting attorney refuses or fails to

institute criminal proceedings, the complaint may bring a

civil action for damages against the alleged offender.

Such civil action may be supported by a preponderance

of evidence. Upon the defendant's motion, the court may

require the plaintiff to file a bond to indemnify the

defendant in case the complaint should be found to be

malicious.

If during the pendency of the civil action, an information

should be presented by the prosecuting attorney, the civil

action shall be suspended until the termination of the

criminal proceedings.