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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D/A Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 1) YUMA ENERGY, INC. (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (Title of Class of Securities) 98872F105 (CUSIP Number) Ranesh Ramanathan 200 Clarendon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 516-2493 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) October 2, 2017 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ? Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent. * The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the l iabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

CUSIP No. 98872F105 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Bain Capital Credit Member, LLC 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ? (b) ? 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS OO (See Item 3) 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) ? 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH 7 SOLE VOTING POWER None 8 SHARED VOTING POWER 1,607,301 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER None 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,607,301 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,607,301 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ? 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 7.25%(1) 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON CO (1) Percent of class is based on 22,159,608 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, as reflected in the Issuer's Prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on October 2, 2017 (indicating that the total amount of Common Stock outstanding after the Issuer's public offering, would be 22,159,608 shares), and the Issuer's Press Release dated October 3, 2017 (indicating that the public offering had closed). CUSIP No. 98872F105 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Sankaty Davis, LLC 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ? (b) ? 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS OO (See Item 3) 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) ? 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH 7 SOLE VOTING POWER None 8 SHARED VOTING POWER 1,607,301 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER None 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,607,301 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,607,301 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ? 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 7.25% (1) 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN (1) Percent of class is based on 22,159,608 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as reflected in the Issuer's Prospectus filed with the SEC on October 2, 2017 (indicating that the total amount of Common Stock outstanding after the Issuer's public offering, would be 22,159,608 shares), and the Issuer's Press Release dated October 3, 2017 (indicating that the public offering had closed). CUSIP No. 98872F105 EXPLANATORY NOTE This Amendment No. 1 to the statement on Schedule 13D ("Amendment No. 1") amends the Schedule 13D originally filed with the SEC on November 6, 2016 (the "Original Schedule 13D") on behalf of the following (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"): (1) Bain Capital Credit Member, LLC ("BCCM"), a Delaware limited liability company, who is the administrative member of Sankaty Davis, LLC ("Sankaty Davis") and (2) Sankaty Davis, a Delaware limited liability company, whose administrative member is BCCM. This Amendment No. 1 is filed to reflect the percentage change in the Reporting Persons' beneficial ownership with respect to shares of capital stock ("Common Stock") of Yuma Energy, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the "Issuer"). This Amendment No. 1 amends and supplements the Original Schedule 13D only to the extent provided herein and all other items in the Original Schedule 13D remain unchanged. ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION Item 4 is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following: The Issuer issued 9,600,000 shares of Common Stock, in an underwritten public offering which closed on October 3, 2017 (the "Offering"). As a result of this additional issuance of Common Stock, the Reporting Persons' beneficial ownership of shares of the Issuer's Common Stock was diluted. The Reporting Persons have no plans or proposals which relate to or would result in the acquisition of additional Common Stock by them or any of the other events described in Item 4(a) through 4(j) of Schedule 13D. ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER (a) and (b) The information set forth in Rows 7 through 13 of the cover pages to this Schedule 13D is hereby incorporated herein by reference for each Reporting Person. (c) The Reporting Persons have not effected any transaction in the shares of Common Stock during the past 60 days. ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER On September 28, 2017, Yuma Energy, Inc. (the "Company") priced a public underwritten offering of its common stock ("Offering") pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-220449). The closing of the offering occurred on October 3, 2017. As required by the Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 26, 2016, entered into by the Company and the Reporting Persons and certain other stockholders of the Company, on October 2, 2017, the Reporting Persons, and the other stockholders party to the Registration Rights Agreement, entered into a Lock-up Agreement (the "Lock-up Agreement") with the Company (collectively, the "Lock-up Persons"), pursuant to which the Lock-up Persons agreed to be bound by any and all restrictions, for a period of 90 days (the "Lock-up Period") after the closing of the Offering, on the sale, disposition, distribution, hedging or other transfer of any interest in registrable securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, as are imposed on the Company. The foregoing restrictions do not apply to certain other transfers customarily excepted.Other than as described in this Amendment No. 1 and in the agreements and documents attached as exhibits hereto or incorporated herein by reference, to the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, there are no other contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships between the Reporting Persons and any person with respect to the securities of the Company. ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS Exhibit 99.1: Joint Filing Agreement, dated October 4, 2017 (filed herewith). Exhibit 99.2 Registration Rights Agreement dated October 26, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the SEC on November 1, 2016 Exhibit 99.3: Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2017, entered into by and between the Reporting Persons and the Company. SIGNATURES After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct. Dated: October 4, 2017 BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT MEMBER, LLC By: _______________________________ Name: Title: SANKATY DAVIS, LLC By: _______________________________ Name: Title: EXHIBIT 99.1 The undersigned acknowledge and agree that the foregoing statement on Schedule 13D is filed on behalf of each of the undersigned and that all subsequent amendments to such statement on Schedule 13D shall be filed on behalf of each of the undersigned without the necessity of filing additional joint filing statements. The undersigned acknowledge that each shall be responsible for the timely filing of such amendments and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning him or it contained therein, but shall not be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning the other entity or person, except to the extent that he or it knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate. Dated: October 4, 2017 BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT MEMBER, LLC By: /s/ Ranesh Ramanathan Name: Ranesh Ramanathan Title: Managing Director and General Counsel SANKATY DAVIS, LLC By: /s/ Ranesh Ramanathan Name: Ranesh Ramanathan Title: Authorized SignatoryPage 5Page 2