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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 authored (every role)

  1. Rhinehart v. Montgomery 3:22-cv-00678 · 2022-06-17 · civil
  2. Singletary v. G6 Hospitality LLC 3:20-cv-00270 · 2022-06-17 · civil
  3. Turner v. Commissioner 3:22-cv-00231 · 2022-06-13 · civil
  4. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Champion-Cain 3:19-cv-01628 · 2022-06-08 · civil
  5. Whyte v. City of San Diego 3:21-cv-01159 · 2022-05-26 · civil
  6. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Champion-Cain 3:19-cv-01628 · 2022-05-19 · civil
  7. Marin v. Grossmont-Cuyamaca College Board of Trustees 3:22-cv-00401 · 2022-05-19 · civil
  8. Rodriguez v. Gore 3:22-cv-00564 · 2022-05-13 · civil
  9. Pies-Lonsdale v. Banachi 3:22-cv-00310 · 2022-05-10 · civil
  10. Swirski v. ProTec Association Services 3:20-cv-01321 · 2022-04-29 · civil
  11. The Estate of Elisa Serna v. County of San Diego 3:20-cv-02096 · 2022-04-28 · civil
  12. Toussaint v. All Points Realty 3:22-cv-00496 · 2022-04-25 · civil
  13. Storey v. Paramo 3:17-cv-00023 · 2022-04-15 · civil
  14. Taylor v. Eclipse Senior Living, Inc. 3:20-cv-00190 · 2022-04-04 · civil
  15. McCraner v. Wells Fargo & Company 3:21-cv-01246 · 2022-03-30 · civil
  16. Martinez v. University of San Diego 3:20-cv-01946 · 2022-03-30 · civil
  17. Carter Pool v. Ameripark, LLC 3:19-cv-01103 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  18. Mille Fleurs Inc. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company 3:21-cv-01096 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  19. Trejo v. County of Imperial 3:20-cv-01465 · 2022-03-21 · civil
  20. Ariix, LLC v. Nutrisearch Corporation 3:17-cv-00320 · 2022-03-21 · civil
  21. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Champion-Cain 3:19-cv-01628 · 2022-03-18 · civil
  22. The Estate of Elisa Serna v. County of San Diego 3:20-cv-02096 · 2022-03-18 · civil
  23. Herta v. Roberts 3:22-cv-00156 · 2022-03-16 · civil
  24. Green v. United States Forest Service 3:20-cv-01046 · 2022-03-15 · civil
  25. Cota v. Fresenius USA, Inc. 3:18-cv-01163 · 2022-03-15 · civil