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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. Carl Bryan v. B. McPherson 08-55622 · 2009-12-28 · civil
  2. Mark Lemoge v. United States 08-56210 · 2009-12-07 · civil · reversed
  3. United States v. Hugo Gutierrez-Sanchez 08-50254 · 2009-11-18 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Liera 07-50546 · 2009-11-04 · criminal · vacated
  5. United States v. Tiscorena Renteria 07-50471 · 2009-02-20 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Gonzalez-Zotelo 08-50010 · 2009-01-08 · criminal · vacated
  7. Garcia-Aguilar v. Usdc-Cas 07-70293 · 2008-08-06 · criminal
  8. United States v. Usdc-Cas 07-72143 · 2008-03-03 · civil · remanded
  9. Acosta v. Hill 05-56575 · 2007-10-17 · civil · affirmed
  10. Fantasyland Video v. County of San Diego 05-56026 · 2007-10-15 · civil · affirmed
  11. Tollis Inc. v. County of San Diego 05-56300 · 2007-10-10 · civil · remanded
  12. United States v. Ingham 05-50698 · 2007-05-21 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Gallarde v. Ins 04-56353 · 2007-05-10 · civil
  14. 05-55175 · 2007-04-16 · civil
  15. Van v. Barnhart 04-56424 · 2007-02-26 · criminal
  16. United States v. Zepeda-Martinez 05-50562 · 2006-12-13 · criminal · affirmed
  17. United States v. Torres-Hernandez 05-50136 · 2006-05-08 · criminal
  18. In re Vasquez-Ramirez 04-75715 · 2006-04-06 · criminal · reversed in part
  19. Nadarajah v. Gonzales 05-56759 · 2006-03-17 · civil · reversed
  20. United States v. Allen 05-50078 · 2006-01-11 · criminal · reversed in part