Does the Court have jurisdiction to make credibility determinations that are reserved for the jury?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from A.B. v. Cnty. of San Diego, Case No.: 18cv1541-MMA-LL (S.D. Cal. 2020):
City of Pomona v. SQM N. Am. Corp., 750 F.3d 1036, 1043-44 (9th Cir. 2014). "Challenges that go to the weight of the evidence are within the province of a fact finder, not a trial court judge. A district court should not make credibility determinations that are reserved for the jury." Id. at 1044.
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