MEMORANDUM & ORDER Petitioner Joshua Adam Schulte is an inmate in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons. He is presently at the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado. Schulte was convicted (in three trials) of espionage and related charges and child pornography charges. He is serving a sentence of 480 months’ incarceration. Judgment 3, United States v. Schulte, 17-CR-548 (S.D.N.Y. February 5, 2024), ECF No. 1124. Before his recent transfer to the Florence facility, Schulte was detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in this district. Schulte attempted to challenge conditions of his confinement through the MDC’s administrative grievance process — some 100 times. After the BOP declined to consider these grievances on the merits, Schulte petitioned under 28 U.S.C. §2241 for injunctions against certain conditions of his confinement at the MDC, where he was subject to Special Administrative Measures (“SAMs”) and assigned to a restricted housing unit. I held an evidentiary hearing on Schulte’s Section 2241 claims on September 5, 2023. As explained below, because Schulte is no longer confined in this district, Schulte’s petitions are now moot. Schulte has also filed numerous complaints, acting pro se and in forma pauperis, asserting Federal Tort Claims Act, Bivens, and Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”) claims for money damages and a Section 1983 claim for injunctive relief.1 See 28 U.S.C. §1346(b); 42 U.S.C. §1983; 42 U.S.C. §2000bb, et seq.; Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). For the reasons set out below, these claims are all dismissed under 28 U.S.C. §1915(e)(2)(B). I. Background At the MDC, Schulte was in a restrictive unit called “K-84.” According to its manager, this unit “houses inmates that pose an unusually high risk to institutional security.” Bullock Decl. 4, ECF No. 30-1. Schulte was designated to K-84 because he was subject to SAMs. Under 28 C.F.R. §501.2(a), the Attorney General may instruct the BOP to implement SAMs “to prevent disclosure of classified information.” Schulte’s SAMs have been premised on this authority. Schulte contends that the defendants subjected him to unconstitutional, or otherwise unlawful, conditions of confinement in K-84. See Schulte Mem. 19-22, ECF No. 50-1.2 Moreover, he contends that his efforts to challenge these conditions administratively were in vain. See Sept. 5, 2023 Hr’g Tr. (“Tr.”) 18:19-19:15, ECF No. 34; see also Pl.’s Ex. 4 (rejected grievance form). For example, at the hearing on his 2241 claims, Schulte testified that the BOP rejected some of his grievance forms because the transfers from the top page to the carbon copies below were too faint — and rejected others because he tried to manually darken the carbon copies. Id. at 19:5-15. Schulte has initiated three actions under Section 2241. Schulte v. Warden, No. 22-CV-766, alleges that he was being deprived of sleep, starved, shackled arbitrarily, exposed to extreme cold, and denied a litany of conveniences, such as a chair or a toilet seat. Schulte is represented by counsel only in this action. Schulte v. Ma’at, No. 23-CV-4855, challenges Schulte’s restricted access to the MDC commissary. And Schulte v. Warden, No. 23-CV-5988, challenges the MDC’s handling of Schulte’s mail. Schulte has also filed several other cases, in which he remains pro se. He has invoked the Federal Tort Claims Act, Bivens, RFRA, and Section 1983 in Schulte v. United States, No. 22-CV-5841; Schulte v. Warden, No. 23-CV-5241; Schulte v. Denton, 23-CV-5656; Schulte v. United States, No. 23-CV-8513; and Schulte v. United States Federal BOP, 24-CV-332.3 II. Discussion A. Section 2241 Petitions According to Schulte, following the hearing and the Court’s inquiries on his 2241 claims, the MDC began abating certain issues in Schulte’s petitions. See Schulte Decl.
