NEW YORK (Reuters), A New Yorker who attempted to join Islamic State, and then attacked an FBI agent, could be sent to prison for a more severe sentence on Tuesday. This is after a federal appels court deemed the sentence of his 17 year sentence “shockingly high.”

Fareed Mumuni (27) pleaded guilty to plans to travel overseas with the terrorist group known as ISIS in 2017. He also tried to stab an FBI agent when authorities reached his Staten Island address in 2015 to perform a search warrant.

United States labels Islamic State as a foreign terrorist group.

Brooklyn Federal Prosecutors appealed Mumuni’s sentence in 2018. It was below 85 years as recommended by federal guidelines, and Mumuni received 80% of the appeal.

Second Circuit Court of Appeals sided in favor of prosecutors. They argued that U.S. District Judge MargoBrodie incorrectly second-guessed Mumuni’s true intent to murder FBI Special Agent Kevin Coughlin. Coughlin survived.

Brodie is now the Eastern District of New York’s Chief Judge.

Last year, Mumuni was sentenced to 85 years by the prosecution in court papers. Mumuni’s attorneys requested that Brodie give him an identical sentence to the 2018 one, because Mumuni was in good health.

Mumuni wrote a February 17, handwritten letter to Brodie, saying that education was helping him to discover the beauty of his religion and to reject religious pillars built on hatred. His apology was made to the law enforcement personnel.

The Federal Judges must justify major departures of advisory guidelines, which can result in sentences that seem excessively light or harsh.

Brodie did not give enough weight to factors like Mumuni’s age and lack of criminal records, as well as support from friends and family.