What is the test for a finding that a reasonable fact finder could not have made the finding?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Hickman v. Muniz, Case No. 1:12-cv-00547-LJO-SKO-HC (E.D. Cal. 2015):

find that the trial court's factual determination was such that a reasonable fact finder could not have made the finding; that reasonable minds might disagree with the determination or have a basis to question the finding is not sufficient. Rice v. Collins, 546 U.S. 333, 340-42 (2006).

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