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 novo ...
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