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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

TYLER DIVISION

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

v. 

DOUGLAS RYAN DAHL

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CASE NUMBER 6:23-CR-00042-JCB

REPORT & RECOMMENDATION OF

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

On June 20, 2024, the court conducted a hearing to consider the government’s petition to 

revoke the supervised release of Defendant Douglas Ryan Dahl. The government was represented 

by Lucas Machicek, Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, and 

Defendant was represented by Ken Hawk, Federal Public Defender

Defendant originally pled guilty to the offense of Felon in Possession of a Firearm (Count 

1) and Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud (Count 2). Count 1 carried a statutory 

maximum imprisonment term of 10 years. Count 2 carried a statutory maximum imprisonment 

term of 20 years. The guideline imprisonment range, based on total offense level of 15 and criminal 

history category of VI, was 41 to 51 months. On August 30, 2019, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel

of the Western District of Texas sentenced Defendant to 51 months imprisonment followed by 3

years of supervised release subject to the standard conditions of release, plus special conditions to 

include substance abuse and mental health aftercare, alcohol abstinence, submission to search, 

applying all monies to financial obligations, restitution, and a special assessment. On February 21, 

2023, Defendant completed his period of imprisonment and began service of the supervision term. 

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On March 31, 2023, this case was transferred to U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker in the 

Eastern District of Texas.

Under the terms of supervised release, Defendant was prohibited from committing another 

federal, state, or local crime during the term of supervision. In its petition, the government alleges 

that Defendant violated his conditions of supervised release on March 8, 2023, when Defendant 

committed the offense of Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information in violation of 

Texas law. 

If the court finds by preponderance of the evidence that Defendant violated the conditions 

of supervised release referenced above, Defendant will have committed a Grade B violation. 

U.S.S.G. § 7B1.1(a). Upon finding of a Grade B violation, the court shall revoke supervised 

released. U.S.S.G. § 7B1.3(a)(1). Considering Defendant’s criminal history category of VI, the 

Guideline imprisonment range for a Grade B violation is 21 to 24 months. See U.S.S.G. §§

7B1.4(a), 7B1.4(b)(1).

At the hearing, the parties indicated that they had come to an agreement to resolve the 

petition whereby Defendant would plead true to the Grade B violation of the conditions of 

supervision referenced above. In exchange, the government recommended to the court a term of 

imprisonment of 24 months with no supervised release to follow.

The court therefore RECOMMENDS that Douglas Ryan Dahl’s plea of true be accepted 

and he be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 24 months with no supervised release to follow. 

The court further RECOMMENDS that Defendant serve his sentence at USP Hazelton, WV, if 

available. The parties waived their right to objections so this matter shall be immediately presented 

to the District Judge for consideration.

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So ORDERED and SIGNED this 21st day of June, 2024.

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