A judge sentenced the man who attacked another Las Vegas judge earlier this year to at least 26 years in prison, saying the incident was an attack on the entire judiciary.

On Jan. 3, Deobra Redden, 31, attacked Las Vegas District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus as Holthus was sentencing him to prison in another case, the 8 News Now Investigators first reported.

During his trial for attempted murder in September, Redden pleaded guilty but mentally ill after Holthus and her law clerk testified. Redden’s scheduled sentencing two weeks ago was rescheduled because he was not transported from prison to the court.