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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. EpicentRx, Inc. v. Carter 3:20-cv-01058 · 2020-07-16 · civil
  2. Klaehn v. Cali Bamboo LLC. 3:19-cv-01498 · 2020-07-13 · civil
  3. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Champion-Cain 3:19-cv-01628 · 2020-07-10 · civil
  4. Crooks v. Ignoramis 3:20-cv-00407 · 2020-07-09 · civil
  5. Valdez v. Diaz 3:18-cv-00734 · 2020-07-08 · civil
  6. Porter v. Employment Development Department 3:20-cv-01164 · 2020-07-08 · civil
  7. Magdaleno v. United States 3:20-cv-01225 · 2020-07-08 · civil
  8. Ewing v. US Healthcare Supply, LLC 3:19-cv-02292 · 2020-07-06 · civil
  9. Arellano v. Jones 3:20-cv-00228 · 2020-07-06 · civil
  10. Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe 3:20-cv-00067 · 2020-07-06 · civil
  11. Guerrero v. San Diego Superior Court 3:20-cv-01116 · 2020-07-01 · civil
  12. Do v. Tri City Healthcare District 3:19-cv-02253 · 2020-07-01 · civil
  13. Abacus Data Systems, Inc. v. Wealthcounsel, LLC 3:20-cv-01067 · 2020-07-01 · civil
  14. Bonilla v. All Reviewing Courts 3:20-cv-01152 · 2020-06-29 · civil
  15. Save the Park and Build the School v. National Park Service 3:20-cv-01080 · 2020-06-29 · civil
  16. Quirarte v. FCA US LLC 3:20-cv-01034 · 2020-06-29 · civil
  17. Dousa v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security 3:19-cv-01255 · 2020-06-29 · civil
  18. United States v. Francisco Zendejas 19-50103 · 2020-06-19 · civil · affirmed
  19. Steeves v. Internal Revenue Service 3:20-cv-00978 · 2020-06-16 · civil
  20. United States v. Ricardo Lara 20-50053 · 2020-06-16 · criminal · vacated
  21. United States v. Abelard Fuentes-Castro 19-50111 · 2020-06-15 · criminal · vacated
  22. Johnson v. Allison 3:19-cv-01673 · 2020-06-08 · civil
  23. United States v. Jose Rosario-Montalvo 19-50097 · 2020-06-08 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. United States v. Alberto Silva-Garcia 19-50052 · 2020-06-03 · criminal · reversed in part
  25. Steeves v. Internal Revenue Service 3:20-cv-00978 · 2020-06-02 · civil