Dossier
Arthur Gerrans
Coverage of Arthur Gerrans in the Nexus archive.
- Ninth Circuit rejects qualified immunity bid for San Francisco cops accused of fabricating evidence
A federal appeals court ruled that two San Francisco police inspectors, James Crowley and Arthur Gerrans, are not protected by qualified immunity for fabricating evidence and maliciously prosecuting Joaquin Ciria, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1990 and exonerated in 2022. The court found their actions violated Ciria’s due process rights and affirmed a reasonable jury could determine they lacked probable cause to charge him with first-degree murder.