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Arkansas Supreme Court: Religious Freedom Preliminary Injunction Requires Hearing

Loaded on Jan. 8, 2018 published in Prison Legal News January, 2018, page 22
Filed under: Injunctions, Religious Freedom. Location: Arkansas.

The Arkansas Supreme Court held on March 16, 2017 that a lower court abused its discretion by denying a prisoner’s motion for a preliminary injunction without holding a hearing.

Arkansas prisoner Malik Muntaqim is a member of the Nation of Islam (NOI). He alleged that literature developed by …

 

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