PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — Sentencing for a former Bellevue city administrator has been postponed to give him time to continue anger management counseling for another month.

Judge Robert Wester on Thursday postponed Dan Berlowitz’s sentencing until Dec. 9. He said he’d likely give Berlowitz a fine at that time.

Berlowitz pleaded no contest earlier this year to disturbing the peace, a misdemeanor, after an altercation at a dentist’s office in June. He was placed on administrative leave by the city of Bellevue and then fired.

A police report says Berlowitz poked the Bellevue dentist in the chest and pushed the dentist. Berlowitz’s attorney, James Schaefer, has said Berlowitz felt threatened and that Berlowitz denied assaulting the dentist.