Need for eye surgery forces Navarro to report to jail 30 days late

Through TD Thornton

Former trainer Jorge Navarro, who was scheduled to report to federal prison for his five-year horse doping sentence on Feb. 17, was granted a 30-day extension on Thursday because he needs eye surgery.

“While preparing for his impending incarceration, Mr. Navarro underwent an eye exam which revealed a condition requiring surgery,” the convicted felon’s attorney wrote in a Feb. 3 letter to the court. District of the United States (Southern District of New York). .

“The earliest date his ophthalmologist could schedule the surgery is February 16, 2022. Mr. Navarro respectfully requests a 30-day extension to his due date to have the necessary surgery and follow-up with his ophthalmologist” , indicates the letter.

The letter also said that federal prosecutors had been notified of the request and had not opposed it.

Navarro’s request was granted by the same judge who sentenced him, Mary Kay Vyskocil.

Navarro received the maximum sentence allowed under federal guidelines after pleading guilty to one count in a thoroughbred drug conspiracy that spanned years.

Navarro had admitted that between 2016 and his arrest on March 9, 2020, that “I administered and, at times, directed [others] working under my direction to administer… drugs to enhance the performance of racehorses in my custody and care… Drugs [were] hematopoietic substances, imported and mislabeled vasodilators and bronchodilators, “bleeding” pills and SGF-1000″, which is supposed to be a personalized DEP intended to promote tissue repair and increase a horse’s endurance .

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