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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. Juan Cruz-Rodriguez 10-50040 · 2011-01-05 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Jewish War Veterans of the Uni v. City of San Diego 08-56415 · 2011-01-04 · civil · reversed
  3. United States v. David Lefler 09-50634 · 2010-12-27 · civil · reversed
  4. United States v. Felipe Fava-Corella 09-50270 · 2010-12-27 · civil · affirmed
  5. United States v. Jose Mendoza 10-50077 · 2010-12-27 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Ricardo Cordero-Ontiveros 09-50622 · 2010-12-21 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Pauma Band of Luiseno Misson Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation v. California 10-55713 · 2010-11-30 · civil · remanded
  8. Bryan v. MacPherson 08-55622 · 2010-11-30 · civil · reversed
  9. Paul Carrillo v. Matthew Cate 09-56527 · 2010-11-22 · civil · affirmed
  10. United States v. Arnulfo Murillo-Cuellar 10-50023 · 2010-09-22 · criminal · affirmed
  11. K. Walker v. Jeanne Woodford 08-56676 · 2010-08-30 · civil · affirmed
  12. United States v. Ricardo Morgutia, Jr. 09-50605 · 2010-07-20 · criminal · affirmed
  13. United States v. Ruben Sanavia-Arellano 09-50392, 09-50425 · 2010-07-15 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Hector Castaneda-Melchor 09-50400 · 2010-07-15 · criminal
  15. United States v. Mark Neel 08-50310 · 2010-07-12 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States v. Melecio Aldana-Ortiz 09-50276 · 2010-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  17. United States v. Hector Vizcaino-Moreno 09-50119 · 2010-06-14 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. Leopoldo Gonzalez-Hurtado 09-50111 · 2010-06-14 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. Samuel Orozco-Acosta 09-50192 · 2010-06-09 · criminal · affirmed
  20. United States v. Karla Chavarria 09-50076 · 2010-05-26 · civil
  21. Rouse v. Law Offices of Rory Clark 09-55146 · 2010-05-03 · civil
  22. United States v. Jimmy Roberts 09-50090 · 2010-04-21 · criminal · affirmed
  23. United States v. Anibal Diaz-rodriguez 08-50391 · 2010-04-21 · criminal · affirmed
  24. United States v. Jorge Soberanes-Nunez 09-50262 · 2010-03-18 · criminal · affirmed
  25. North County Comm v. Cellco Partnership 08-55048 · 2010-02-10 · civil · vacated