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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. United States v. Ruben Sanavia-Arellano 09-50392, 09-50425 · 2010-07-15 · criminal · affirmed
  2. United States v. Hector Castaneda-Melchor 09-50400 · 2010-07-15 · criminal
  3. United States v. Mark Neel 08-50310 · 2010-07-12 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Melecio Aldana-Ortiz 09-50276 · 2010-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Hector Vizcaino-Moreno 09-50119 · 2010-06-14 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Leopoldo Gonzalez-Hurtado 09-50111 · 2010-06-14 · criminal · affirmed
  7. United States v. Samuel Orozco-Acosta 09-50192 · 2010-06-09 · criminal · affirmed
  8. United States v. Karla Chavarria 09-50076 · 2010-05-26 · civil
  9. Rouse v. Law Offices of Rory Clark 09-55146 · 2010-05-03 · civil
  10. United States v. Jimmy Roberts 09-50090 · 2010-04-21 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. Anibal Diaz-rodriguez 08-50391 · 2010-04-21 · criminal · affirmed
  12. United States v. Jorge Soberanes-Nunez 09-50262 · 2010-03-18 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Easter v. CDC Case 09cv0555-LAB (RBB) · 2010-03-09 · civil
  14. North County Comm v. Cellco Partnership 08-55048 · 2010-02-10 · civil · vacated
  15. Carl Bryan v. B. McPherson 08-55622 · 2009-12-28 · civil
  16. Mark Lemoge v. United States 08-56210 · 2009-12-07 · civil · reversed
  17. United States v. Hugo Gutierrez-Sanchez 08-50254 · 2009-11-18 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Hutton v. LAW OFFICES OF COLLINS & LAMORE Case 09CV0752-LAB (CAB) · 2009-11-09 · civil
  19. United States v. Liera 07-50546 · 2009-11-04 · criminal · vacated
  20. MESA GRANDE BAND OF MISSION INDIANS v. Salazar Case 08cv1544-LAB (NLS) · 2009-09-25 · probate
  21. Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v. Streshly Case 08CV2390-LAB (LSP) · 2009-09-14 · civil
  22. United States v. Tiscorena Renteria 07-50471 · 2009-02-20 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Every Nation Campus Ministries v. Achtenberg Case 05CV2186-LAB (AJB) · 2009-02-06 · civil · other
  24. United States v. Gonzalez-Zotelo 08-50010 · 2009-01-08 · criminal · vacated
  25. Walker v. Woodford Case 05cv1705-LAB (NLS) · 2008-08-28 · civil