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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. Luis Bernal-Villarreal 20-50028 · 2021-01-29 · criminal · affirmed
  2. United States v. Walter Reyes 19-50207 · 2021-01-29 · criminal · vacated
  3. Jackson v. CA Rags II Inc. 3:20-cv-01628 · 2021-01-25 · civil
  4. Ariix, LLC v. Nutrisearch Corporation 19-55343 · 2021-01-22 · civil · reversed
  5. Sekerke v. City of National City 3:19-cv-01360 · 2021-01-20 · civil
  6. Olivera Hernandez v. McAleenan 3:20-cv-00440 · 2021-01-13 · civil
  7. Duhamel v. Berryhill 3:18-cv-02624 · 2021-01-11 · civil
  8. Snyder v. Allison 3:19-cv-01741 · 2021-01-08 · civil
  9. Rasmussen v. Hickey 3:20-cv-00411 · 2021-01-06 · civil
  10. Miller v. Easy Day Studios Pty. Ltd. 3:20-cv-02187 · 2020-12-30 · civil
  11. Vargas v. California Dept. of Corrections 3:20-cv-00516 · 2020-12-28 · civil · other
  12. Holestine v. Covello 3:20-cv-00159 · 2020-12-21 · civil
  13. Cota v. Ben Bridge-Jeweler, Inc. 3:20-cv-01496 · 2020-12-18 · civil
  14. United States v. Francisco Palacios-Guerrero 19-50071 · 2020-12-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. Cox v. Ametek, Inc. 3:17-cv-00597 · 2020-12-15 · civil
  16. United States v. Jose Hernandez 19-50258 · 2020-12-15 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Brooke v. Red Lion Hotels Corporation 3:20-cv-01901 · 2020-12-11 · civil
  18. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Champion-Cain 3:19-cv-01628 · 2020-12-11 · civil
  19. Theodore Newton v. S. Eatmon 19-56478 · 2020-12-10 · civil · affirmed
  20. United States v. Jose Gomez-Arias 20-50118 · 2020-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  21. United States v. Lance Lavert 19-50299 · 2020-12-09 · criminal · affirmed
  22. Langer v. Badger Co., LLC 3:18-cv-00934 · 2020-12-07 · civil
  23. United States v. Walter Reyes 19-50207 · 2020-12-04 · criminal · vacated
  24. Dunsmore v. Gore 3:20-cv-01609 · 2020-12-03 · civil
  25. Haywood v. San Diego, CA Sheriff 3:20-cv-02279 · 2020-12-02 · civil