Another pre-trial date has been set for Sim Hoffman, M.D., who has been under prosecution by the Orange County District Attorney’s office for workers’ compensation fraud since May of 2011. The next pre-trial date was set on Friday, August 7th to August 28th 2020. All previous dates which were set for trial have been cancelled. ... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. exits Orange County Superior Court as he looks at his cell phone. 2019. Photo by Lonce Lamonte, all rights reserved.
Sim Hoffman, M.D.’s Trial Astonishingly Continued Once Again. Trial Now Set For May 8th 2020 In Orange County Superior Court. Radiologist Has Now Been In Court For Nine Solid Years.
There comes another shocking new turn in the case of Sim Hoffman, M.D., whose case of workers’ compensation fraud in Orange County has been almost nine years in the court room and still has not yet gotten to trial. Dr. Hoffman is a radiologist. Now, the trial date has been continued once again from February... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. exits Orange County Superior Court as he looks at his cell phone. 2019. Photo by Lonce Lamonte, all rights reserved.
At Long Last Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial Finally Set For February 28th 2020. Trial readiness conference set for February 7th 2020.
Yesterday morning, September 4th 2019, Sim Hoffman, M.D. and his attorney, Bill Fleming, appeared along with the prosecution in court room C-45 of Orange County Superior Court. Specially appearing for Shaddi Kamiabipour was deputy district attorney Vincent Marinaccio. This case was originally scheduled to be heard Friday, September 6th, but it was moved up on... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. exits Orange County Superior Court as he looks at his cell phone. 2019. Photo by Lonce Lamonte, all rights reserved.
No Trial Date Yet For Dr. Sim Hoffman. His Eyes Are Bloodshot As He Sits In The Court Room In Santa Ana After Eight Years Of Being Prosecuted.
Dr. Sim Hoffman, the radiologist who practiced predominantly in Buena Park back when he was indicted for workers’ compensation billing fraud by the Orange County District Attorney in May of 2011, sat in the very back row leaning against the wall on Friday morning, May 31st 2019. He was in court room C-45 on the... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial Should Get Underway By Late Summer In Orange County
The Sim Hoffman, M.D. case in Orange County Superior Court has been put over until May 31st 2019. Dr. Hoffman, a Buena Park based radiologist, will have been charged with crimes pertaining to workers’ compensation fraud for eight full years by the time that date arrives. Hoffman was first indicted in May of 2011. Hoffman,... Read More
Judge King Denies Sim Hoffman’s 995 Motion In Full. Case Will Now Be Set For Trial
Last Friday, February 1st 2019, Judge Richard King, Orange County Superior Court Judge, denied Sim Hoffman, M.D.’s 995 motion to dismiss the information against him on all of its counts. Prosecutor Shaddi Kamiabipour wrote a very brief statement by email to this writer in the late afternoon Friday, “The Court denied Hoffman’s motion on all counts,... Read More
Judge King Takes Sim Hoffman, M.D.’s 995 Motion To Dismiss Under Submission. Promises To Issue Written Response By February 1st.
Sim Hoffman, M.D., a radiologist who has practiced in Buena Park, sat in a center seat of a middle row in the section closest to the door. The proceedings in court room C-45 of the Honorable Richard King had not opened yet last Friday afternoon, January 25th 2019, in Orange County Superior Court. Hoffman, almost eight years... Read More
Judge King Demands Supplemental Briefings In Sim Hoffman, M.D. Work Comp Fraud Case In Orange County. He Asks Of The Prosecution, ‘What are the false claims?’
The judge still did not rule on the defense’s 995 motion to dismiss on Friday. He walked out of his chambers at about 9:30 am and up to his bench while putting on his robe. The honorable Richard King opened court on Friday, November 2nd 2018, in Orange County Superior Court, department C-45, to hear once again... Read More