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Larry Alan Burns
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Larry Alan Burns

District judge · Superior Court of Southern District of California County · 2000–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2003–

D+
99% — 337.5 of 342 orders sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 66% of 51 graded judges

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b's verdicts on a court's own orders matched a later appeal 76% of the time (104 of 136), graded on a curve: A is the top fifth of the judges graded under this model, F the bottom fifth; ++ / + / − / −− within the band. How the grade is made.

320cases reviewed on appeal
383opinions authored
400panels sat on (not as author)
23%reversed, in whole or part, of 283 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 217 vacated 33 reversed in part 21 reversed 12 remanded 8 dismissed 6

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 23

Each Ninth Circuit opinion that names a docket this judge wrote an order on, by its outcome; the ruling it reviewed is not always the order in the record. The order's page links the opinion.

Areas

criminal 238 civil 81 probate 1

By year: 2018 39 · 2020 36 · 2019 36 · 2021 28 · 2023 26 · 2017 24 · 2010 23 · 2016 19 · 2024 16 · 2022 16 · 2011 14 · 2025 8 · 2015 7 · 2007 7 · 2009 6 · 2006 5 · 2012 3 · 2014 2 · 2013 2 · 2008 2 · 2026 1 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases

  1. United States v. Cynthia Montoya 21-50129 · 2023-09-13 · criminal · remanded
  2. United States v. Olivia Reyes 20-50016 · 2021-11-26 · criminal · remanded
  3. United States v. Oscar Ballesteros 19-50093 · 2020-05-28 · criminal · remanded
  4. United States v. Javier Montes-Ruiz 12-50398 · 2014-03-21 · criminal · remanded
  5. United States v. Javier Montes-Ruiz 12-50398 · 2014-03-21 · criminal · remanded
  6. Pauma Band of Luiseno Misson Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation v. California 10-55713 · 2010-11-30 · civil · remanded
  7. United States v. Usdc-Cas 07-72143 · 2008-03-03 · civil · remanded
  8. Tollis Inc. v. County of San Diego 05-56300 · 2007-10-10 · civil · remanded