Former Rep. Chris Collins won't have to report to federal prison next week.
A federal judge has granted a request from Collins' attorneys to delay the start of his 26-month sentence for insider trading until Oct. 13.
Collins' lawyers last week made their third request to push forward the start of the former congressman's sentence due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Collins was sentenced Jan. 17 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and lying to an FBI agent. His initial date to report to prison was March 17, but he was granted a reprieve because the Bureau of Prisons hadn't finalized in which facility he would be incarcerated.
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Collins, 70, lived in Clarence while serving in Congress. His attorneys cited his age, his unspecified, underlying health conditions and Covid-19 cases and deaths across the country, as well as in the federal prison system, as the reasons his prison term should be delayed.
