Legal News

Family Sues San Francisco and Immigration Departments
Download PDF
1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...

Pier 14

Summary: The family of a woman killed by an illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal record is suing the city of San Francisco and Immigration Department for her death.

A grieving family is taken their anger out on the city of San Francisco. Kate Steinle was shot and killed on a busy San Francisco pier by an illegal immigrant nearly a year ago. Her family is blaming the city and immigration officials for her death with a wrongful death suit.

  
What
Where


The gunman, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, was a known illegal immigrant. He had just been released by the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department for a marijuana sales charge when he picked up a Bureau of Land Management ranger’s gun and fired it.

Read Judge: Immigration Status Can be Researched by Police in Arizona.

Steinle’s parents claim the lack of communication between the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Sheriff’s Department is the reason for their daughter’s death. The lawsuit states that the sheriff’s department should have notified immigrations that they were releasing Lopez-Sanchez. They also blame the Immigration Department for not detaining or deporting him. They also blame the Bureau of Land Management for her death by unintentionally providing the murder weapon.

Get JD Journal in Your Mail

Subscribe to our FREE daily news alerts and get the latest updates on the most happening events in the legal, business, and celebrity world. You also get your daily dose of humor and entertainment!!




The Bureau of Land Management reported the gun stolen, but two weeks later it was used for the murder on Pier 14. Lopez-Sanchez had finished serving a four-year federal prison sentence for illegal re-entry into the country and had been transferred to city jail for a marijuana sales charge. The district attorney dropped the charges and ignored an ICE request to keep him behind bars.

See Paul Walker’s Daughter Brings Wrongful Death Suit Against Porsche to read about another wrongful death lawsuit.



The “sanctuary policy” in San Francisco prohibits city employees from working with federal immigration officials for deportation cases. The law was created in 1989 but revised last week.

Do you think the “sanctuary policy” is a good law? Tell us in the comments below.

To learn more about immigration issues, read Debate Over Obama’s Immigration Policies Head to Supreme Court.

Photo: mercurynews.com



 

RELEVANT JOBS

Associate Attorney

USA-PA-Exton

ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY McKenna Snyder LLC, a law firm in Exton, PA has an immediate opening for an ex...

Apply now

Attorney

USA-MI-Sturgis

Qualifications: HaasCaywood is seeking associate attorneys for our Coldwater and Sturgis, Michiga...

Apply now

Attorney

USA-MI-Coldwater

Qualifications: HaasCaywood is seeking associate attorneys for our Coldwater and Sturgis, Michiga...

Apply now

Insurance Defense Trial Attorney/ Senior Counsel

USA-CA-San Francisco

Job description Trial Attorney - Personal Injury Defense Full Job Description Hickey Smith ...

Apply now

BCG FEATURED JOB

Locations:

Keyword:



Search Now

Education Law Attorney

USA-CA-El Segundo

El Segundo office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks an education law attorney with ...

Apply Now

Education Law Attorney

USA-CA-Carlsbad

Carlsbad office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks an education law attorney with 4-...

Apply Now

Education Law and Public Entity Attorney

USA-CA-El Segundo

El Segundo office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks an education law and public ent...

Apply Now

Most Popular

SEARCH IN ARCHIVE

To Top