Opinion ID: 565198
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Heading: Trooper Ranhoff

Text: 19 Trooper Ranhoff's liability is premised on his failure to inform the booking officer of Guy's medical history. As the district court correctly noted, Trooper Ranhoff cannot be held liable in his official capacity; as a state officer, he was acting as an arm of the state, and the state is not a person under Sec. 1983. Will v. Michigan Dept. of State Police, 491 U.S. 58, 71, 109 S.Ct. 2304, 2312, 105 L.Ed.2d 45 (1989). As for the trooper's individual liability, summary judgment in his favor was appropriate. It is undisputed that Trooper Ranhoff did not know of Guy's previous suicide threats. Nor was there any reason to suspect from Guy's demeanor or actions that such a danger existed. Thus, there is no evidence on which a jury could find deliberate indifference on the part of Trooper Ranhoff.