Jeffrey Ratchford v. Gladys Evans , 476 F. App'x 103 ( 2012 )


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  •                  United States Court of Appeals
    For the Eighth Circuit
    ___________________________
    No. 12-1503
    ___________________________
    Jeffrey Scott Ratchford; Charles E. Butler; Robert R. Heffernan; Dellemond Cunningham
    lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiffs - Appellants
    v.
    Gladys M. Evans, Program Specialist, Varner Unit, ADC; Barbara Smallwood,
    Business Manager, Varner Unit, ADC; James Banks, Warden, Varner Unit, ADC;
    Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
    lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees
    ____________
    Appeal from United States District Court
    for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
    ____________
    Submitted: August 3, 2012
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    [Unpublished]
    ____________
    Before WOLLMAN, MELLOY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
    ____________
    PER CURIAM.
    Jeffrey Scott Ratchford, Charles E. Butler, Robert R. Heffernan, and
    Dellemond Cunningham appeal the district court’s1 interlocutory order denying their
    motions seeking injunctive relief and denying their motion for class certification.
    At this time, we have jurisdiction to review only the denial of injunctive relief.
    See 
    28 U.S.C. §§ 1291
     (final-judgment rule), 1292(a)(1) (courts of appeals have
    jurisdiction from appeals of interlocutory orders from district courts refusing
    injunctions); Reinholdson v. Minnesota, 
    346 F.3d 847
    , 849 (8th Cir. 2003)
    (interlocutory appeal of denial of class certification not proper where plaintiffs did
    not seek permission under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f) to appeal such denial or invoke any
    of recognized exceptions to final-judgment rule).
    We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying
    appellants injunctive relief, because they failed to demonstrate that they faced a threat
    of irreparable harm. See Phelps-Roper v. Troutman, 
    662 F.3d 485
    , 488 (8th Cir.
    2011) (per curiam) (standard of review); Roudachevski v. All-American Care Ctrs.,
    Inc., 
    648 F.3d 701
    , 705 (8th Cir. 2011) (factor in determining whether preliminary
    injunction should issue is threat of irreparable harm to movant); see also Hartsfield
    v. Nichols, 
    511 F.3d 826
    , 831-32 (8th Cir. 2008) (to prove violation of right of access
    to courts, prisoner must establish state has not provided opportunity to litigate claim,
    resulting in actual injury, i.e., hindrance of nonfrivolous and arguably meritorious
    underlying legal claim).
    Accordingly, we affirm the denial of injunctive relief. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
    ______________________________
    1
    The Honorable D.P. Marshall Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern
    District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable
    Jerome T. Kearney, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of
    Arkansas.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 12-1503

Citation Numbers: 476 F. App'x 103

Judges: Melloy, Per Curiam, Shepherd, Wollman

Filed Date: 8/9/2012

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 8/5/2023