Can a state trial judge's findings based on a fact-finding process be presumed to be correct?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Stepanov v. Johnson, No. 2:12-cv-02644-JKS (E.D. Cal. 2015):
concluded that "[a]s long the fact-finding process is objective and reasonably explores the issues presented, the state trial judge's findings based on that investigation are entitled to a presumption of correctness." Hedlund v. Ryan, 750 F.3d 793, 807 (9th Cir. 2014) (citing Dyer, 151 F.3d at 974-75).
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