Charles Mengel Allen (November 22, 1916 – January 4, 2000) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

Charles Mengel Allen
Kentucky Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Born 1916 in Louisville, KY
Died 2000 in Louisville, KY
FJC ID: 27
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1978–1981
- Jefferson County [Kentucky] Circuit Court, Fourth Chancery DivisionJudge · 1961–1971
- Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky1946–1955, 1959–1961
Western District of KentuckyAssistant U.S. attorney · 1955–1959- Arizona Desert School, Tucson, ArizonaTeacher · 1945–1946
- Private practice1944–1945
Appointments
1971–2000 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Louisville School of Law (now Louis D. Brandeis School of Law)LL.B. · 1943
- Yale UniversityB.A. · 1941