Lt. Allen

grievance_form · Mar 8, 2024

Pink DC DOC Inmate Informal Resolution Complaint Form by Ryan Nichols challenging factually inaccurate letter from D. Gaskins and noting DC DOC has three contradictory IGP policies allowing denial.

grievance_form · Jul 24, 2022

Handwritten IGP (Inmate Grievance Procedure) tracking calendar listing 16+ grievance issues with Step 1-4 dates from March 2022 through July 2022. Tracks business-day deadlines and responses.

grievance_form · Jul 16, 2022

DC DOC IGP Appeal - Deputy Director Form (Step 4) by Ryan Nichols 376795 C2B dated 7/16/22. Appealing IGP filed re LT Allen suicide threat handling 5/10/22, Step 2 5/14/22, never answered. Believes complaints being targeted at direction of guidance of Maj Mucu/Major before Warden Jones and now Deputy Director.

grievance_form · Jun 22, 2022

Pink DC DOC Warden Administrative Remedy form (PP 4030.1 Attachment F) filed by Ryan Nichols (DCDC# 376795, C2B) on 6/22/22. Escalates a Formal IGP from 5/20/22 about informing LT Allen he was suicidal while in punitive solitary confinement in SHU-A. Says the IGP was supposed to be answered by 6/13/22 and was not. Notes it is the first day in almost 2 weeks that Step 3 and Step 4 IGPs have been available.

grievance_form · May 19, 2022

DC DOC Step 2 Formal Grievance Form (PP 4030.1, Attachment D) by Ryan Nichols dated 5/19/22 escalating Informal IGP # 20220512-289. Documents being suicidal on 5/5/22, informing officers/nurse he needed mental health help, ignored almost 24 hours; finally told 2-3 more officers he needed mental health help and was still suicidal. This matches the 5/10 suicide watch context.

grievance_form · May 19, 2022

DC DOC Inmate Formal Grievance Form (PP 4030.1 Attachment D), filed by Ryan Nichols, DCDC# 376795, C2B, 5/19/22. Step 2 escalation of Informal #20220512-289 (LT Allen suicide complaint). Categories: Health Care, Staff Treatment, Safety/Security. Faint handwritten text references in response to Informal Grievance #20220512-289 and details around 5/5/22 events. Pencil note at bottom: NO STEP 2 RESP. (no DOC response received).

grievance_form · May 19, 2022

DC DOC Inmate Formal Grievance Form (PP 4030.1) — Ryan Nichols #376795 C2B 5/19/22 escalating IGP #20220512-289 (Lt. Allen suicidal ignore incident). Faded handwriting; note at bottom marked "NO STEP 2 RESP." indicating DOC failed to respond at formal level.

grievance_form · May 10, 2022

DC DOC Inmate Informal Resolution Complaint Form (PP 4030.1 Attachment C), filed by Ryan Nichols, DCDC# 376795, C2B / SMU-A, 5/10/22. IGP #20220512-289. Stamped RECEIVED MAY 12 2022. Categories: Health Care, Staff Treatment, Safety/Security. Date of incident 5/5/22 evening. Offender: LT Allen. Reason: On 5/5/22 Ryan informed LT Allen he was suicidal after being in SMU-A solitary confinement for 15 days; LT Allen refused to come up and have a conversation, then said put a request in, then said sorry you feel that way, I hope you dont die, told officer to write that in the book, and left without checking. DOC Response: DOC records clearly state inmate received mental health treatment when it was deemed necessary in a timely manner; he stayed in Medical 82 solo 5/6-5/9. IGP Coord 5/17/22. Ryans note: No mental health care that night, or the next day until the following evening after I told 4-6 officers of the state of my mental health condition.

grievance_form · May 10, 2022

DC DOC Inmate Informal Resolution Complaint Form (PP 4030.1, IGP #20220512-289) filed by Ryan Nichols #376795 C2B/SMU-A 5/10/22 alleging Lt. Allen refused to engage when Ryan reported being suicidal after 15 days in SMU-A solitary, walked away saying "Sorry you feel that way, I hope you don't die." Tracks lack of mental-health care; Ryan ended up in Medical 82 5/6-5/9. Witnessed by Roberts.

grievance_form · May 10, 2022

DC DOC Step 1 Informal Resolution Form (IGP # 20220512-289) by Ryan Nichols dated 5/10/22 - critical mental-health/suicide grievance. On 5/5/22 informed LT Allen he was suicidal after 15 days in SMU-A. LT Allen refused conversation, walked away saying Sorry you feel that way, I hope you dont die. Stayed in Medical 82B Solitary cell 5/6-5/9. DOC Response by Tagley 5/10/22 confirms no mental health treatment until 4-6 officers told. Manager: COVID-19.

letter · Apr 20, 2022

Handwritten daily log/journal by Ryan Nichols documenting his time in SMU-A (Special Management Unit / segregation) from Wed 4/20/22 through Thu 5/5/22 after refusing to sign a non-animosity form. Names multiple DOC officers (Lt Lancaster, Lt Allen, Cpl Pittman, Cpl Wilson, Sgt Franklin, Lt Bruce, supervisor refused to come). Documents denials of recreation, phone calls, showers, water shutoff, suicidal ideation, and ICPs filed electronically.

grievance_form · Mar 21, 2022

DC DOC Informal Resolution Complaint Form by Ryan Nichols dated 3/21/22 against Cpl Allen. Alleges that during transfer to medical, Cpl Allen became aggressive, hostile, confrontational and threatening toward him and other inmates over the specific type of mask Nichols was wearing (KN95). Notes the verbal assault and cursing were captured on video surveillance, that he returned to his cell and asked for an LT (lieutenant) to escalate.

other · Feb 3, 2022

Page 4: Lt White, room flooding from next-door toilet, Lt Salvador never returning grievance form, Officer Scott's racial/sexual slur incident 1/20, racial harassment from Officer Allen 1/24 ('only reason you're acting like this is because you're in here with these cracker-ass white motherf*****s'), daily shakedowns, Major Tally ignores Shane on grievances.

exhibit

Handwritten contact list titled "Contact Info For Jail Suit" - co-plaintiffs/witness pool for a planned civil suit over jail conditions. Includes name, attorney name, phone, and email for: Edward A Florez, Trenton Allen (atty MLAJ), Dorian S Murphy (atty Benjamin Berchot), Larry Chambers II, Shane Ray, Eli Jaramillo, Austin Reeder, and Kimbell Chew. Highly material for compensation case linking other J6 detainees.

exhibit

Handwritten legal research notes on jury tampering/bias precedents. Lists Oliver North (Iran/Contra), Kastigar Hearings, Writ of Mandamus, U.S. v. Slatten (Blackwater), U.S. v. Tsarnaev (Boston Bomber - sentence vacated by appeal, jurors media exposure questionnaire, expanded jury pool 1,373 jurors), Batson v. Kentucky (Black juror discrimination), Delaney v. United States (1952). Suggests defense theory of expanded jury pool / Republican juror inclusion.

letter · Sep 18, 2021

Page 5 of Fellows letter. 9/7/21 belongings thrown into bag for move that turned out to be a mistake - juice packet punctured spilling over 100+ papers, books, clothes. Requested therapist and eye exam - nothing. Contacts not allowed for month. "9/18/21 witnessed Jacob Lang get face slammed into wall and punched for singing the national anthem when guard told him not to." First week September lady yelled at him to wear mask while eating lunch - challenged how to eat with mask on. Put against wall, handcuffed, couldnt finish food, brought to 3 different locations all full so put in "the hole" until 6:30pm. "Other pods have food fights and swear at COs but we are forced to follow more strict rules and still get punished. No college classes like other pods, no treadmills or gamerooms." 9/14/21 clothes never came back, grievances no response, on third verbal complaint got new clothes 9/24/21 after wearing same clothes 1 week. Still not given long sleeve that was lost - told to wait 1 month or buy another.

exhibit · Jan 6, 2021

Continuing handwritten evidence catalog with timestamps documenting officers throwing grenades into crowd, comments admitting they were spraying their own people, OC spray being useless, and admissions of "hitting innocent people" and "multiplying them by hitting them."

letter

Page 5 of Khater letter. Armstrong threatened to spray Lonnie C (71 years old) when he didnt want to quarantine after in-person meeting - shackled/chained him daily for medical. Moldy fish patties (mold appearing hours after delivery). No discovery in over a month. Fire alarm "tested" 1-2x/week at odd hours. Threats to send to Gen Pop "where people get stabbed every day." 26-hour lockdown every other day. No VA services. Recording detainees with personal cell phones. "Blasted Jan 6 committee on both TVs and laughed at us - some people didnt want to watch it or hear it." Asked Allen why locked down 6 days - said no shakedowns. Vitamins/cardiac diet denied even after blood results. Jeff M (military) said it matches SERE School tactics (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape) for POWs - isolation, psych abuse, malnutrition, sleep deprivation, denying basic human rights, denying due process.

exhibit · May 6, 2022

Dated log of DC DOC (DC jail) issues April-May 2022. 4/9/22 CPL Abdullah said LT Moore was fired over Nov 11 spray incident on Mock; Kenny and Wally Knight unaccounted for. 4/20/22 Division of Infectious Disease (Mr. Carlos Franco-Paredes of University of Colorado Anschutz) visit re: Covid lawsuit; LT Bruce, Sgt Adam Cola listed. 4/20/22 Taken to SHU-A. 4/28/22 board hearing. 5/1/22 water turned off at 2:45pm; 5/2/22 water back on. 5/5/22 told LT Allen suicidal; CPL Ngumdo too. 5/6/22 told other officers suicidal, finally taken to mental health.

other · Mar 31, 2022

Page 7: 3/21 Cpl Allen incident & mental-health request, 3/22 Major Talley questioning re email grievance, 3/23-24 no mental-health appt, 3/30 therapist says no long-term mental health treatment available, 3/31 outside party (Brandon) enters at 6:45pm soliciting statements for NPR about Mellis and others — Capt Wilson notified.

grievance_form · Jan 24, 2022

DC DOC Inmate Informal Resolution Complaint Form filed by Shane L. Jenkins (DCDC# 377186, Unit C2B) on 1-24-22 as witness statement for Krash Kelly regarding Corporal Allen physically threatening Kelly during incident at noon.

motion · Dec 28, 2021

Page 4 of pro se IAC motion, dated 12/28/21. Items 11-14: (11) at last court date Judge Bates would not let him explain why Maria Jacob was ineffective; counsel later lied in a breakout room about the topic being jail/discovery; (12) Jacob said his mother wouldn’t be a good witness because prosecution would call her biased; (13) Jacob has no defense theory, refuses critical discovery, won’t challenge the DA; (14) Jacob said she represents him not all J6ers, so the Darren Beattie / Revolver entrapment-and-lack-of-security defense is "out of the question."

motion · Aug 10, 20223 pages

Page 17: Quotes May 9 2022 email from Landerkin saying Nichols is at CTF under Deputy Warden Jones (Landerkin assigned only to CDF since 1/18/2020). Names additional alleged abusers: Corporal Allen (calls detainees insurrections, terrorists, blames them for officer deaths; ignored IGPs); Lieutenant Lancaster (in charge of The Hole solitary; verbal/mental abuse, suspected of bringing drugs into prison); Lieutenant Moore (responsible for gassing prisoners on Veterans Day Nov 11).

grievance_form · Oct 13, 2021

DCDOC response to Ryan Nichols informal grievance IGP #22110122-626 regarding religious services. States COVID-19 vaccination required to attend off-unit religious services. Signed by Rev. Allen 10/13/2021.