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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. Left Coast Wrestling, LLC. v. Dearborn International, LLC. 3:17-cv-00466 · 2019-08-16 · civil
  2. Rutherford v. Los Charros 3:19-cv-00379 · 2019-08-16 · civil
  3. United States v. Frankie Ovies 17-50433 · 2019-08-16 · criminal · affirmed
  4. Synopsys, Inc v. AzurEngine Technologies, Inc 3:19-cv-01443 · 2019-08-15 · civil
  5. United States v. Jose Larios-Avila 19-50015 · 2019-08-15 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Leading Manufacturing Solutions, LP v. HITCO, LTD 3:15-cv-01852 · 2019-08-13 · civil
  7. Anton Ewing v. K2 Property Development, LLC 18-56487 · 2019-07-24 · civil · affirmed
  8. Maura Larkins v. Thomas Moore 18-56350 · 2019-07-22 · civil · affirmed
  9. United States v. Joaquin Davalos-Lopez 18-50068 · 2019-07-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. United States v. Jorge Torres-Gonzalez 18-50269 · 2019-07-18 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. Edgar Gutierrez-Espinoza 18-50428 · 2019-07-17 · criminal · affirmed
  12. United States v. Mauricio Lara-Bonilla 17-50256 · 2019-07-12 · civil · affirmed
  13. United States v. Ruben Robles 18-50214 · 2019-06-14 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. United States v. Jose Saldana-Reyes 18-50236 · 2019-05-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. United States v. Isai Reynaga 18-50287 · 2019-05-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. United States v. Mario Ruvalcaba-Garcia 17-50288 · 2019-05-10 · criminal · affirmed
  17. United States v. Mario Ruvalcaba-Garcia 17-50288 · 2019-05-10 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. Doroteo Zambrano-Ruiz 18-50226 · 2019-04-11 · criminal · reversed in part
  19. Shakina Ortega v. Sdpd 17-55564 · 2019-04-01 · civil · affirmed
  20. United States v. Martin Jauregui 16-50429 · 2019-03-22 · criminal · vacated
  21. United States v. Julian Madero-Diaz 17-50347 · 2019-02-14 · criminal · affirmed
  22. Joseph Perry v. Pacific Maritime Indus. Corp. 17-55931 · 2019-02-08 · civil · affirmed
  23. United States v. Salvador Bustos-Gutierrez 18-50081 · 2019-01-23 · criminal · affirmed
  24. United States v. Allan Guevara-Lopez 18-50085 · 2019-01-17 · criminal · affirmed
  25. United States v. Gabriel Salas 18-50201 · 2019-01-17 · criminal · affirmed