What is the test for insufficiency of evidence in a civil case?

The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects defendants from convictions "except upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt of every fact necessary to constitute the crime with which he was charged." In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 364 (1970). During habeas review, a petitioner alleging insufficiency of evidence may obtain relief only if "it is found upon the record evidence adduced at the trial no rational trier of fact could have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 324 (1979). "[T]he relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the

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