Jeffrey Ratchford v. Gladys Evans

Arkansas inmates Jeffrey Scott Ratch-ford, Charles E. Butler, Robert R. Heffer-nan, and Dellemond Cunningham appeal following the district court’s 1 adverse grant of summary judgment in them 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Upon de novo review, see Sutherland v. Mo. Dep’t of Corr., 580 F.3d 748, 750 (8th Cir.2009), we agree with the district court that a jury would be unable to conclude, from the evidence offered below, that the named defendants interfered with appellants’ right of access to the courts, or engaged in retaliatory acts against them, see Santiago v. Blair, 707 F.3d 984, 991 (8th…