Allen v. Warden Federal Prison Camp Yankton

Filing 5

ORDER Screening and Dismissing Case. Signed by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on 10/12/17. (DJP)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FILED
QCT 1 2 2017

DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTHERN DIVISION

DOUG ALLEN,

4:17-CV-04114-RAL

Plaintiff,
ORDER SCREENING

vs.

AND DISMISSING CASE

WARDEN

FEDERAL

PRISON

CAMP

YANKTON,
Defendant.

On August 23, 2017, Doug Allen, an inmate at Yankton Federal Prison Camp in
Yankton, South Dakota, filed a "Pro Se Motion for Recommendation for the Second Chance

Act." Doc. 1. The Clerk of Court opened a file and docketed the letter as a new case filed under

28 U.S.C. 2241. Allen later sent a letter clarifying that he did not intend to sue the warden, but

simply wanted a letter of recommendation from this Court for the prisoner reentry program
administered by the Bureau of Prisons under the Second Chance Act of 2007. Doc. 4.

Allen was sentenced in the Northern District of Illinois on February 8, 2016 to 57 months
in custody with BOP after being convicted of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. United

States ofAmerica v. Doug Allen, No. 12-CR-0567-2. His projected release date is June 30, 2019.
See Id. at Doc. 235.

Allen filed his first "Pro Se Motion for Recommendation for the Second Chance Act" in
the Northern District of Illinois. Id. at Doe. 233. The Honorable Ronald A. Guzman denied the

motion. Id. at Doc. 236. At that time, Allen was confined at a BOP facility in Pekin, Illinois, and