The sentencing of Enrique Marquez Jr. on a conviction that includes supplying rifles to those responsible for the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack, has been delayed about three months until April, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday, Jan. 16.

The sentencing had been set for Feb. 26, but Marquez’ attorney, Young J. Kim, a deputy federal public defender, sought a delay to allow a terrorism expert hired by the defense more time to prepare for a presentation at the sentencing, according to a defense motion.

The motion was filed in U.S. District Court in Riverside and opposed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which said it’s the defense’s third request for a postponement. Government attorneys expressed concern that a delay “takes an emotional and logistical toll on the victims” of the attack, their loved ones and the public.

Judge Jesus G. Bernal signed an order granting the postponement on Friday, Jan. 12, court records show.

Marquez pleaded guilty Feb. 16, 2017, to charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and making false statements in connection with the acquisition of a firearm.

Marquez, 26, of Riverside, admitted in a plea agreement that he bought rifles in 2011 and 2012 and explosive powder in 2012 for Syed Rizwan Farook and taught him how to build improvised explosive devices.

Marquez told authorities they were to be used in attacks on motorists on the 91 Freeway and at Riverside City College that were never carried out.

Instead, Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, of Redlands, attacked Farook’s co-workers from the San Bernardino County Division of Environmental Health during a holiday party at the Inland Regional Center, killing 14 people and wounding 22 others. The couple was killed hours later in a shootout with police.

Federal authorities previously said they had no evidence Marquez knew about the plot in advance.

Marquez faces up to 25 years in prison and $500,000 in fines.