Opinion ID: 2972059
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Heading: standard of review

Text: The district court below dismissed the instant suit pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(c), which provides in part that: [i]f during a trial without a jury a party has been fully heard on an issue and the court finds against the party on that issue, the court may enter judgment as a matter of law against that party with respect to a claim or defense that cannot under the controlling law be maintained or defeated without a favorable finding on that issue. . . . When entering judgment pursuant to Rule 52(c), the district court must set forth particular findings of fact, which we then review for clear error. See FED. R. CIV. P. 52(c) 1991 advisory committee note. We review de novo, however, the district court’s legal determination that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over this action. See Rich v. United States, 119 F.3d 447, 449 (6th Cir. 1997), cert. denied, 523 U.S. 1047 (1998). No. 03-2516 Sharp v. United States Page 3