Does a court need to consider defendant's state of mind in directing plaintiff to enter the cage?

^2. Because plaintiff was never exposed to the potential harm, the court need not consider defendant's state of mind in directing plaintiff to enter the cage -- specifically, whether defendant's remark that plaintiff would be alright in the holding cage reflected deliberate indifference to plaintiff's medical need. See Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 844 (1994) ("Prison officials charged with deliberate indifference might show, for example, that they did not know of the underlying facts indicating a sufficiently substantial danger and that they were therefore unaware of a danger, or that they knew the underlying facts but believed (albeit unsoundly) that the risk to which the facts gave rise was insubstantial or nonexistent.")