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Allen, Marty C
Status: active
Profile written July 12, 2026
Current Position
Warden 3
Stipend
$8,242
2021 · expense allowance
This profile reflects positional accountability — this individual held the leadership roles shown during the dates shown, during which the listed deaths or lawsuits occurred. Inclusion does not constitute a legal finding of personal culpability for any specific incident.
Tenure Summary
Marty C. Allen held leadership positions in the Georgia Department of Corrections from 2015 onward, first in a Correction Administration role, then as a Warden 2 in 2016, and subsequently as a Warden 3 annually from 2017 through early 2021. GPS records show no deaths attributed to any facility during his tenure in these facility-leadership posts. However, federal court filings indicate that Allen was named as a defendant in multiple civil rights lawsuits while he held these warden-level roles.What happened on their watch
The specific prisons where Allen served as warden are not identified in the available GPS data, making a facility-by-facility accounting impossible. Nonetheless, per court records, several lawsuits were filed against him during the period he held leadership titles. The earliest case naming Allen, Diamond v. Allen, was filed in August 2014 in the Middle District of Georgia — before his first recorded warden appointment but possibly overlapping with his correctional administration role. While he was a warden, Blash v. Allen was filed in October 2016 and Blandburg v. Allen in January 2017, both in the Middle District. Additional suits, such as Young v. Smith in the Southern District in 2017, also list him as a co‑defendant. All of these cases were terminated by 2022, with no settlement or judgment amounts reported in the GPS dataset. No deaths, intel reports, or major incidents have been linked to Allen’s warden tenures.Litigation
- Diamond v. Allen, 7:14‑cv‑00124 (GAMD), filed Aug. 7, 2014, terminated Feb. 18, 2015.
- Diamond v. Owens, 5:15‑cv‑00050 (GAMD), filed Feb. 19, 2015, terminated Feb. 12, 2016.
- Clayton v. Foster, 7:15‑cv‑00117 (GAMD), filed June 24, 2015, terminated Feb. 19, 2019.
- Robbins v. Robertson, 7:15‑cv‑00124 (GAMD), filed July 2, 2015, terminated Dec. 13, 2022.
- Blash v. Allen, 7:16‑cv‑00190 (GAMD), filed Oct. 24, 2016, terminated May 6, 2019.
- Blandburg v. Allen, 7:17‑cv‑00006 (GAMD), filed Jan. 10, 2017, terminated Mar. 21, 2018.
- Young v. Smith, 6:17‑cv‑00131 (GASD), filed Oct. 2, 2017, terminated Mar. 16, 2021.
Sources
- GPS personnel records for Marty C. Allen — positions, zero deaths attributed.
- CourtListener — dockets for the seven lawsuits listed.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| WARDEN 3 | 2017-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | |
| WARDEN 2 | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 | |
| CORRECTION ADMINISTRATION | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:19-cv-00045 | GAND | 2019-03-11 | terminated |
| 6:17-cv-00131 | GASD | 2017-10-02 | terminated |
| 7:17-cv-00006 | GAMD | 2017-01-10 | terminated |
| 7:16-cv-00190 | GAMD | 2016-10-24 | terminated |
| 7:15-cv-00124 | GAMD | 2015-07-02 | terminated |
| 7:15-cv-00117 | GAMD | 2015-06-24 | terminated |
| 5:15-cv-00050 | GAMD | 2015-02-19 | terminated |
| 7:14-cv-00124 | GAMD | 2014-08-07 | terminated |
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