[curiosity]

Anybody can file a criminal charge against anybody else, afaik. But if the local jurisdictions don’t agree to go along with it, you would have to be ready to act as prosecutor yourself.

Dude, where are you getting your information? That's just wrong.

A citizen can file a criminal complaint, but only a prosecutor can file charges acting on that complaint.

If the prosecutor thinks your complaint is nonsense, then you're out of luck and no charges will be filed and no one will be prosecuted.

And no, you can't act as prosecutor yourself if the prosecutor refuses to act on your complaint.

Can you image what chaos would ensue if anyone could just willy-nilly start acting as a prosecutor against anyone they liked?

[djf]

The courts cannot possibly act in the way you describe.

That makes them a “private” court system that serves at the will of the prosecutor.

In fact I investigated it a bit more after I made that statement.

Here is a website that spells out the procedures for a person in Maryland to file a criminal charge:

http://www.courts.state.md.us/district/selfhelp/crimes.html