Opinion ID: 183975
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Cantea

Text: Cantea testified that in December 2004 he worked some time in Mental Health. He said that he worked in Mental Health here and there in the weeks before December 25, but he could not say whether he worked in Mental Health in the days prior to December 25. Cantea testified that he did not remember Bishop from before December 25, he did not have any contact with him before that, and he did not work in D-Block such that he would have been around to hear any complaints or conversations or arguments. Cantea also testified that he did not remember Floyd prior to December 25, he did not know anything about any complaints regarding Floyd prior to December 25, and he did not have any contact with anybody who complained about or discussed Floyd prior to December 25. On December 25, Cantea observed Stanley take Bishop into a classroom to speak with him. Cantea walked Floyd from the classroom where Stanley questioned him to his room in the Mental Health Unit. Cantea's intermittent work in Mental Health during the month of December is insufficient to raise an issue of fact as to whether he knew of and disregarded an excessive risk to inmate health or safety. Bishop offers no evidence to contradict Cantea's testimony that he had no contact with Bishop or Floyd prior to December 25, and did not work in D-Block enough to hear complaints, conversations, or arguments. Taking all of Bishop's facts at their best, he has not made out a triable issue of fact as to whether Cantea exhibited deliberate indifference to his safety needs. Thus, the district court's denial of qualified immunity to Cantea is REVERSED.