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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. Brian Cota 21-50132 · 2022-08-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. United States v. Carlos Ibarra 20-50217 · 2021-12-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. United States v. Victor Acevedo 20-50007 · 2021-11-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. United States v. Joaquin Davalos-Lopez 20-50022 · 2021-10-08 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. United States v. Robert Knopping 19-50322 · 2021-05-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. United States v. Francisco Palacios-Guerrero 19-50071 · 2020-12-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. United States v. Jose Rosario-Montalvo 19-50097 · 2020-06-08 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. United States v. Alberto Silva-Garcia 19-50052 · 2020-06-03 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. United States v. Jorge Gomez-Gomez 18-50080 · 2019-12-16 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. United States v. Angel Reyes-Torres 19-50045 · 2019-10-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. United States v. Gustavo De Luna-Ortiz 19-50035 · 2019-08-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. United States v. Joaquin Davalos-Lopez 18-50068 · 2019-07-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. United States v. Ruben Robles 18-50214 · 2019-06-14 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. United States v. Jose Saldana-Reyes 18-50236 · 2019-05-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. United States v. Isai Reynaga 18-50287 · 2019-05-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. United States v. Doroteo Zambrano-Ruiz 18-50226 · 2019-04-11 · criminal · reversed in part
  17. United States v. Alexander Monzoni 17-50329 · 2018-12-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  18. United States v. Alfredo Mendez 18-50095 · 2018-12-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  19. United States v. Cuauhtemoc Juarez-Aquino 17-50218 · 2018-08-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  20. In re Vasquez-Ramirez 04-75715 · 2006-04-06 · criminal · reversed in part
  21. United States v. Allen 05-50078 · 2006-01-11 · criminal · reversed in part