U.S. v. Raddatz, No. 79-8 (U.S. Supreme Court) (447 U.S. 667; 100 S.Ct. 2406) (June 23, 1980) (Justice Burger)
While the Supreme Court has never considered a case where a district judge rejected a credibility finding of a magistrate judge without hearing the witness whose testimony was disputed or at least affording that witness an opportunity to testify, it strongly suggested in this case that, in the de …
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