Fuentes v. Azar

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________________________ ) EDWIN L. FUENTES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 19-cv-1965 (APM) ) ALEX M. AZAR II et al., ) ) Defendants. ) _________________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Edwin L. Fuentes was convicted of health care fraud and attempted tax evasion in January 2018. As a result of his conviction, the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services excluded Plaintiff from participating in federal health care programs for 15 years. Plaintiff lodged…