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Muslim inmate who won US Supreme Court beard case claims retaliatory transfer by Arkansas officials

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Gregory Holt , also known as Abdul Maalik Muhammad , won a U.S. Supreme Court case to grow a beard for religious reasons.

He says Arkansas officials transferred him to a federal prison in West Virginia in retaliation for several other lawsuits he has filed.

The ACLU of Arkansas filed the lawsuit in federal court on behalf of Gregory Holt .

In 2015 , the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Holt could maintain a half-inch beard.

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