Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ months-long battle to extend her freedom is over: A federal court judge on Tuesday denied her bid to delay imprisonment, ruling she must surrender April 27 to serve her sentence for felony fraud at a Texas prison camp.
Judge Edward Davila said he found Holmes was not a flight risk or danger to the community, but he concluded she had not raised any substantial questions of law or fact that would be likely to result in a reversal of the jury’s fraud verdict or a new trial.
The U.S. Marshals Service will determine whether Holmes must show up at the prison’s gates or meet federal marshals elsewhere so she can be taken to prison. Davila has recommended she serve her more than 11-year sentence at a minimum-security facility in Bryan, Texas, but federal prison authorities have the final say on where she will be confined.
