ENTRY ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
BAKER, United States Magistrate Judge.
I. Introduction.
While incarcerated in the Johnson County Jail, Marcus Carter stabbed his cellmate, Plaintiff John A. Carmichael, in the eye with a pencil. As a result, Carmichael sued then-sheriff J.D. Richards for state law negligence and pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, both individually and in his official capacity, claiming that Richards violated Carmichael...
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