What is a clear error when a judge is left with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Hadsell v. Cach, LLC, Civil No. 12-cv-0235-L-RBB (S.D. Cal. 2014):

Clear error occurs when "the reviewing court on the entire record is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed." Smith v. Clark County

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