Shaundelle Dial v. Brandi Reynolds et al.

Summary

This Report and Recommendation addresses pro se Plaintiff Shaundelle Dial’s request for injunctive relief requiring placement in protective custody and transfer from the United States Penitentiary in Pollock, Louisiana. The magistrate judge recommends denying and dismissing the complaint without prejudice because prisoners have no protected right to a particular custodial classification or facility, and Dial’s transfer from the facility rendered the requested injunctive relief moot. The recommendation was signed on January 20, 2026.

Holdings

1. Dial could not establish a right to the requested injunctive relief because prisoners have no protected liberty interest in their custodial classification and are not entitled to be housed at a particular facility.
2. Dial's request for injunctive relief was moot because he was no longer imprisoned at USP-P.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Dial could obtain injunctive relief requiring prison officials to place him in protective custody or house him at a particular facility.
2. Whether Dial's request for transfer was moot after he was transferred from USP-P.

Disposition

dismissed