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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 authored (every role)

  1. Morales-Alfaro v. CoreCivic, Inc. 3:20-cv-00082 · 2020-02-14 · civil
  2. Cecil v. Diaz 3:19-cv-02404 · 2020-02-10 · civil
  3. Larot v. Equifax Information Services, LLC 3:18-cv-02381 · 2020-02-10 · civil
  4. Currier v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA 3:20-cv-00227 · 2020-02-10 · civil
  5. Harry v. Merril Lynch Credit Services 3:19-cv-02289 · 2020-02-10 · civil
  6. Bush v. Matteson 3:20-cv-00180 · 2020-02-06 · civil · other
  7. Duffy v. Maxwell Technologies, Inc. 3:19-cv-01094 · 2020-02-04 · civil
  8. (PC) Salcido v. Warden 3:19-cv-01420 · 2020-01-29 · civil
  9. Dousa v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security 3:19-cv-01255 · 2020-01-28 · civil
  10. Snyder v. Allison 3:19-cv-01741 · 2020-01-24 · civil
  11. Swinton v. Department of Defense 3:18-cv-00381 · 2020-01-17 · civil
  12. Richard v. Galbraith 3:19-cv-01110 · 2020-01-15 · civil
  13. Morales-Alfaro v. CoreCivic, Inc. 3:20-cv-00082 · 2020-01-15 · civil
  14. Fajardo v. United States Department of State 3:16-cv-02980 · 2020-01-10 · civil
  15. Thomas v. Doe 3:19-cv-02480 · 2020-01-09 · civil · other
  16. Dwayne Conyers v. Corporal Rodriguez 3:17-cv-00127 · 2020-01-08 · civil
  17. Palomino v. The Eagle Band of California USA 3:19-cv-02500 · 2020-01-02 · civil
  18. Hannah v. Ramirez 3:19-cv-00787 · 2020-01-02 · civil
  19. Williams v. Pollard 3:19-cv-02150 · 2019-12-20 · civil
  20. Richard v. Galbraith 3:19-cv-01110 · 2019-12-19 · civil
  21. Bonilla v. Unknown 3:19-cv-01951 · 2019-12-13 · civil
  22. Ha v. Commissioner of Social Security 3:13-cv-01211 · 2019-12-11 · civil
  23. Arredondo-Quevedo v. United States 3:19-cv-01609 · 2019-12-11 · civil
  24. Ramirez v. The Geo Group, Inc. 3:18-cv-02136 · 2019-12-11 · civil
  25. Ewing v. LeadExcel, Inc 3:18-cv-02845 · 2019-12-10 · civil