A sentencing hearing for Dr. Jorge Zamora Quezada set for later this month was postponed to May after the attorneys in the case requested that it be rescheduled.
U.S. District Judge Ricardo H. Hinojosa rescheduled Zamora Quezada’s sentencing for May 18 after the attorneys for the doctor and the attorneys for the government filed a joint motion requesting that the hearing be pushed back.
“On March 30, 2022, the parties conferred regarding the Sentencing Hearing date and agreed to request a three-week adjournment of the Sentencing Hearing given scheduling conflicts for April 28,” the motion read.
On Tuesday, Hinojosa signed the order granting their request.
The setting of a sentencing hearing last week was the first public development in the case in several months.
Zamora Quezada, a rheumatologist who owned the Center for Arthritis & Osteoporosis in Edinburg, was convicted of healthcare fraud in January 2020 for allegations of misdiagnosing patients with rheumatoid arthritis and providing them with unnecessary treatments.
A jury found him guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, seven counts of healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Since then, attorneys for the doctor and attorneys for the government have argued over the “loss” amount, or how much money the doctor made from the conspiracy.
A ruling on that amount has yet to be made.
The new May 18 sentencing date is subject to change.
