The following excerpt is from Impala v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 15-3055 (2nd Cir. 2016):
"We have adopted the rule that failure to object timely to a magistrate's report operates as a waiver of any further judicial review of the magistrate's decision . . . at least when the parties receive clear notice of the consequences of their failure to object." Small v. Sec'y of Health and Human Servs., 892 F.2d 15, 16 (2d Cir. 1989) (per curiam); 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1).
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