IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS

SIXTEENTH DIVISION

MATTHEW CAMPBELL PLAINTIFF

v. Case No. 60CV-22-6620

CITY OF LITTLE ROCK DEFENDANT

JOINT NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT &

MOTION TO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE

COME NOW the parties to this matter who, for their Joint Notice of Settlement & Motion

to Dismiss with Prejudice, state:

1. Since the filing of the original complaint in this matter, the defendant, through the City

Attorney’s Office, has worked diligently to provide the requested public records.

2. In an effort to resolve this matter, end the litigation, and free up the City Attorney’s Office

to continue working through the backlog of AFOIA requests that it inherited when it took

over FOIA compliance, the parties have reached a settlement.

3. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, the defendant will pay the plaintiff $8,600.00 under

the following conditions:

a. All issues involved, or that could be involved, in the litigation will be deemed

resolved;

b. Among the allegations made in the litigation, issues that relate to the production of

records involved with LITfest that are a part of the litigation are finally resolved;

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 c. A judgment of dismissal with prejudice, based on this settlement, is entered into the

records of the Court; and

d. The above conditions are met by Wednesday, November 23, 2022.

4. This settlement was approved by a vote of the Little Rock Board of Directors on Tuesday,

November 15, 2022.

5. Based on this approved settlement agreement, this litigation is now complete, and the

parties jointly move this Court to dismiss this matter with prejudice.

6. Concurrently with this motion, the parties have submitted a proposed order of dismissal,

which they respectfully request that this Court sign and enter of record so that this litigation

may conclude.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Matthew D. Campbell

Ark. Bar No. 2009032
Pinnacle Law Firm, PLLC
104 Winnwood Rd.
Little Rock, AR 72207
(501) 396-9246
matt@pinnaclelawfirm.com

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Matthew D. Campbell, hereby certify that a true-and-correct copy of the foregoing has

been served on all necessary persons via this Court’s eFlex system as of the date of filing by the

Clerk of this Court. A courtesy copy has been sent to Mr. Alan Jones & Mr. Tom Carpenter,

attorneys for Defendant, on this 16th day of November, 2022.

/s/ Matthew D. Campbell

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