MEMORANDUM & ORDER On August 12, 2024, Dilshod Khusanov (“Defendant”) filed a motion to reduce his sentence and void the removal provisions of his plea agreement. Mot. & Mem. to Reduce Sentence & Void the Plea Agreement Removal Provisions (“Def. Mem.”), ECF Nos. 149, 150, 153, 154. The Government opposes Defendant’s motions. Gov’t Opp’n to Mot. to Reduce Sentence (“First Gov’t Opp’n”), ECF No. 158; Gov’t Opp’n to Mot. to Void Removal Provisions (“Second Gov’t Opp’n”), ECF No. 159. For the reasons discussed below, the Court DENIES Defendant’s motions. I. BACKGROUND In 2014, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (“FBI’s”) Joint Terrorism Task Force conducted an investigation into individuals in the United States who had connections with, or offered support to, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (“ISIS”). United States v. Khusanov, 17-CR-475, 2022 WL 3228270, at *3-4 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 10, 2022) (Kuntz, J.); see also ECF No. 139 at 6. The FBI agents found Defendant worked with others to provide support to a certain individual who was convicted of Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §2339B(a)(1). Khusanov, 2022 WL 3228270, at *4, 6. Specifically, “Defendant worked with others to fund [the individual's] efforts to travel to Syria to join ISIS and to raise money from others intended to be used for other individuals to fight on behalf of ISIS in Syria.” Id. at *4. Defendant contributed approximately $200 to $400 to finance the “would-be ISIS supporter’s travels.” United States v. Khusanov, 731 F. App’x 19, 21, 23 n.1 (2d Cir. 2018) (summary order) (affirming the Court’s denial of Defendant’s bail pending trial); see also ECF No. 27 at 4, 4 n.1. On August 29, 2017, a grand jury returned a two-count Indictment charging Defendant with (1) Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §2339B(a)(1) (Count One); and (2) Attempt to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §2339B(a)(1) (Count Two). Indictment, ECF No. 1. On October 18, 2021, Defendant pled guilty to Count Two of the Indictment pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(C). Plea Agreement, ECF No. 126. Under the Rule 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement, Defendant and the Government agreed to a sentence of 132 months of imprisonment and a supervised release term of life. Plea Agreement 2. In addition, the parties agreed to the entry of a judicial order of removal. Id.
