Casanova

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT C. WILLIAMS, Case No. 1:17-cv-00917-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. (Doc. 51) R. CASANOVA, et al., Defendants. 16 Robert C. Williams, a former civil detainee at Coalinga State Hospital, alleges that four psychiatric technicians at the hospital failed to protect him from an attack by Patient Corey Bell on October 26, 2015, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 51.) Defendants argue that summary judgment is proper because Plaintiff presents no evidence that they had “information from which they could reasonably infer that … Bell posed a substantial risk of harm to Plaintiff.” (Id. at 2.) Plaintiff filed an opposition to Defendants’ motion (Doc. 56), to which Defendants filed a reply (Doc. 57).1 The parties previously consented to the undersigned’s jurisdiction over all proceedings in this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §…