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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. United States v. Rafael Ruiz-Ruiz 14-50492 · 2015-12-15 · criminal · affirmed
  2. United States v. Ulices Montiel 13-50609 · 2015-11-12 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Ulices Montiel 13-50609 · 2015-11-03 · civil · affirmed
  4. United States v. Francisco Jimenez-Arzate 12-50373 · 2015-03-30 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Nicandro Castaneda-Guardiola 14-50244 · 2015-03-17 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Francisco Jimenez-Arzate 12-50373 · 2015-01-12 · criminal · affirmed
  7. United States v. Javier Montes-Ruiz 12-50398 · 2014-03-21 · criminal · remanded
  8. United States v. Javier Montes-Ruiz 12-50398 · 2014-03-21 · criminal · remanded
  9. United States v. Javier Montes-Ruiz 18-15463 · 2013-11-20 · criminal · vacated
  10. United States v. Angel Meza-Flores 12-50319 · 2013-02-15 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. David Yepez 09-50271 · 2012-12-20 · criminal · vacated
  12. United States v. Ramon Gutierrez-Perez 11-50429 · 2012-07-27 · criminal · affirmed
  13. United States v. Manuel Pineda-Fernandez 10-50591 · 2012-04-20 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Julio Sanchez-Valenzuela 10-50583 · 2011-08-05 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. Yepez 09-50271, 09-50409 · 2011-07-25 · criminal
  16. Ernesto Lopez v. MacK Jenkins 10-55058 · 2011-07-19 · criminal · affirmed
  17. United States v. Juan Hernandez-Ortiz 09-50568 · 2011-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. George Waw 10-50081 · 2011-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. Manuel Salazar-Lopez 09-50443 · 2011-04-11 · criminal · affirmed
  20. United States v. David Murillo-Betancourt 10-50297 · 2011-03-14 · criminal · affirmed
  21. United States v. Edgar Inda-Lares 10-50156 · 2011-03-14 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Jackson-Plascencia 10-50030 · 2011-02-17 · criminal · affirmed
  23. United States v. Roberto Lopez-Villegas 09-50429 · 2011-02-16 · civil · affirmed
  24. United States v. Munoz-Camarena 09-50088 · 2011-01-28 · criminal
  25. Paul Bashkin v. Michael Hickman 09-55455 · 2011-01-25 · civil · affirmed