Amended Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3/a)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

MESDAG WILLEM

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 11/7/2016

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Yuma Energy, Inc. [YUMA]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

10100 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 925,

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director ___ X ___ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

(Street)

LOS ANGELES, CA 90067

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

11/7/2016

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_ X _ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:
The original Form 3 to which this Form 3/A relates was intended to be filed under Yuma Energy, Inc. (CIK 0001672326), but was inadvertently filed under Yuma Energy, Inc. (CIK 0000081318), a predecessor entity, because of the identical name. Please refer to the Form 3 for the Reporting Persons filed under Yuma Energy, Inc. (CIK 0001672326) instead.

No securities are beneficially owned.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MESDAG WILLEM 10100 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 925 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
RED MOUNTAIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 10100 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD SUITE 925 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
RED MOUNTAIN CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC 10100 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD SUITE 925 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
RMCP GP LLC 10100 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD SUITE 925 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
RMCP DPC LLC 10100 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 925 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
RMCP DPC II LLC 10100 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 925 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
RMCP PIV DPC, L.P. 10100 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 925 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
RMCP PIV DPC II, L.P. 10100 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 925 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X

Signatures
/s/ Willem Mesdag (on behalf of himself and the other Reporting Persons)		11/8/2016
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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