What is the test for "beyond a reasonable doubt" in a civil case?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Weeden v. Johnson, No. 2:13-cv-02667-JKS (E.D. Cal. 2014):

beyond a reasonable doubt") (citations omitted). For the same reasons, any possible error did not "ha[ve] [a] substantial and injurious effect or influence in determining the jury's verdict." See Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619, 637 (1993).

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