The following excerpt is from United States v. Romano, 794 F.3d 317 (2nd Cir. 2015):
If a party timely objects to any portion of a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, the district court must make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made. 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1). We normally presume that the district court has made [such] a de novo review unless affirmative evidence indicates otherwise. Claude v. Peikes, 534 F.3d 801, 801 (2d Cir.2008) (internal quotation marks omitted).
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