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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. Jose Segura Balentierra 21-50235 · 2023-01-25 · criminal · vacated
  2. United States v. Jesus Rodriguez 21-50108 · 2022-08-17 · criminal · vacated
  3. United States v. Sandra Rodriguez 20-50006 · 2021-12-27 · criminal · vacated
  4. United States v. Rafael Martinez-Lopez 20-50020 · 2021-02-02 · criminal · vacated
  5. United States v. Walter Reyes 19-50207 · 2021-01-29 · criminal · vacated
  6. United States v. Walter Reyes 19-50207 · 2020-12-04 · criminal · vacated
  7. United States v. Ricardo Lara 20-50053 · 2020-06-16 · criminal · vacated
  8. United States v. Abelard Fuentes-Castro 19-50111 · 2020-06-15 · criminal · vacated
  9. United States v. Jose Rojas-Martinez 18-50186 · 2020-05-20 · criminal · vacated
  10. United States v. Alberto Castellanos 18-50416 · 2020-02-20 · criminal · vacated
  11. United States v. Simon Gutierrez-Cortez 18-50259 · 2019-11-22 · criminal · vacated
  12. United States v. Martin Jauregui 16-50429 · 2019-03-22 · criminal · vacated
  13. United States v. Armando Mendoza-Peralta 16-50076 · 2017-05-15 · criminal · vacated
  14. United States v. Antoinette Valenzuela 16-50035 · 2017-04-20 · criminal · vacated
  15. United States v. Charu Adams 15-50233 · 2017-04-20 · criminal · vacated
  16. United States v. Lorenzo Valdez-Garate 15-50447 · 2017-01-25 · criminal · vacated
  17. United States v. Guillermo Ramirez 15-50254 · 2017-01-23 · criminal · vacated
  18. United States v. Wahajii Allal-Placencia 15-50031 · 2017-01-23 · criminal · vacated
  19. United States v. Daniel Nunez 15-50294 · 2016-12-21 · criminal · vacated
  20. United States v. Ismelda Sanchez 15-50170 · 2016-12-21 · criminal · vacated
  21. United States v. Elizabeth Soto 15-50256 · 2016-12-19 · criminal · vacated
  22. United States v. Oscar MacIas-sandoval 15-50053 · 2016-12-19 · criminal · vacated
  23. United States v. Yadira Ruiz-Burandt 15-50149 · 2016-12-19 · criminal · vacated
  24. United States v. Andy Orellana 15-50083 · 2016-11-01 · criminal · vacated
  25. United States v. Jesus Jeronimo-Carrillo 15-50030 · 2016-10-03 · criminal · vacated