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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. Gates v. Santee Trolley Square 991, LP 3:19-cv-01070 · 2019-09-27 · civil
  2. Bonilla v. Battaglia 3:19-cv-01827 · 2019-09-27 · civil · other
  3. Par-Rosales v. Barr 3:19-cv-01844 · 2019-09-27 · civil
  4. Moriarty v. County of San Diego 3:17-cv-01154 · 2019-09-24 · civil
  5. Amador-Stewart v. Snooze HIC, LLC 3:18-cv-01604 · 2019-09-23 · civil
  6. Jackson v. General Mills, Inc. 3:18-cv-02634 · 2019-09-23 · civil
  7. Demetrice Sightler v. David Nisleit 18-55492 · 2019-09-23 · civil
  8. United States v. Jaime Mendez-Maciel 18-50208 · 2019-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  9. United States v. Jorge Ceja-Valdez 15-50409 · 2019-09-18 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Mavungo v. Sessions 3:19-cv-01431 · 2019-09-16 · civil
  11. Gonzalez v. Sallie Mae Bank 3:18-cv-02457 · 2019-09-13 · civil
  12. Mavungo v. Sessions 3:19-cv-01431 · 2019-09-10 · civil
  13. Oakley, Inc. v. Elite Tek 3:18-cv-02609 · 2019-09-10 · civil
  14. Lerman v. Swarovski North America Limited 3:19-cv-00638 · 2019-09-10 · civil
  15. Barker v. Commissioner of Social Security 3:18-cv-01624 · 2019-09-09 · civil
  16. United States v. Miguel Ramirez Gonzalez 18-50175 · 2019-09-05 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Storey v. Paramo 3:17-cv-00023 · 2019-09-03 · civil
  18. Rutherford v. Cesar's Mexican Restaurant, LLC 3:19-cv-01416 · 2019-09-03 · civil
  19. (PC) Salcido v. Warden 3:19-cv-01420 · 2019-08-28 · civil
  20. Storey v. Paramo 3:17-cv-00023 · 2019-08-27 · civil
  21. Storey v. Paramo 3:17-cv-00023 · 2019-08-26 · civil
  22. United States v. Gustavo De Luna-Ortiz 19-50035 · 2019-08-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. United States v. Ruben Navarrete-Felix 19-50044 · 2019-08-23 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Bentacourt v. California Western School of Law 3:19-cv-00714 · 2019-08-22 · civil
  25. Morales v. McAleenan 3:19-cv-01575 · 2019-08-21 · civil