LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — About three months after filing a lawsuit, a man has now reached a settlement in his federal First Amendment retaliation lawsuit against the Arkansas Division of Correction.
This now restores Gregory Holt, also known as Abdul Maalik Muhammad, to the Larry B. Norris Unit and reinstates his legal work by assigning him to a job in the prison law library.
The case of Holt v. Payne, alleged that Arkansas officials transferred Mr. Muhammad to a dangerous federal prison in retaliation for his constitutionally protected legal advocacy on behalf of himself and of other incarcerated people…