Opinion ID: 752355
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Joseph Fears's Trial Testimony

Text: 42 The City of Warren contends that the district court abused its discretion in awarding Joseph Fears back pay based solely on Fears' [s] uncorroborated, self-serving testimony. The City of Warren essentially asks us to review the credibility of Joseph Fears as a trial witness and assess the weight the trial judge accorded to Fears's testimony. We may neither weigh the evidence [nor] pass on the credibility of witnesses ... Ratliff v. Wellington Exempted Village Schools Bd. of Educ., 820 F.2d 792, 795 (6th Cir.1987); see also Anderson v. City of Bessemer City, 470 U.S. 564, 573, 105 S.Ct. 1504, 1511, 84 L.Ed.2d 518 (1985) (Due regard is given to opportunity of trial court to judge credibility of witnesses.). Therefore, we decline to disturb the district court's assessment of Fears's credibility and conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion by awarding Fears back pay. 43