HOLT v. HOWARD

No. 4:12-cv-510-DPM.

GREGORY HOLT, ADC #129616, Plaintiff, v. MICHELLE HOWARD, Public Information Officer, LiHle Rock Police Department, in her official capacity only and STATE OF ARKANSAS, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division.

July 29, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Holt, Plaintiff, represented by Jack R. Kearney, Kearney Law Office.

Michelle Howard, Defendant, represented by D. Clifford Sward, Little Rock City Attorney's Office, John Michael Pesek, Watts, Donovan & Tilley, P.A. & Kandi Nia-Michelle Hughes, Little Rock City Attorney's Office.

Arkansas, State of, Defendant, represented by Colin R. Jorgensen, Arkansas Attorney General's Office.


ORDER

D.P. MARSHALL, Jr., Senior District Judge.

1. Background. Before Arkansas Act 168 of 2011, prisoners without a lawyer—such as plaintiff Gregory Holt—had access to all public records except those of the Departments of Correction and Community Correction. ARK. CODE ANN.§ 25-19-105(a)(1)(B). The Act rewrote this provision. It now provides that

access to inspect and copy public records shall be denied to:

(i) A person...

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