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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. United States v. Henry Robledo 21-50064 · 2023-01-25 · criminal · affirmed
  2. USA V. RUDY ALVAREZ 21-50068 · 2022-12-27 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Harold Wilborn v. Alejandro Mayorkas 21-56391 · 2022-08-26 · civil · affirmed
  4. United States v. Luis Noriega 21-50262 · 2022-08-25 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Jose Solis 21-50140 · 2022-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Jesus Rodriguez 21-50108 · 2022-08-17 · criminal · vacated
  7. United States v. Brian Cota 21-50132 · 2022-08-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. United States v. Marquis Brown 20-50313 · 2022-08-02 · criminal · affirmed
  9. United States v. Arely Quezada 21-50182 · 2022-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  10. United States v. Victor Avalos 21-50151 · 2022-06-14 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. Mayolo Vargas-Villanueva 21-50192 · 2022-05-26 · criminal · affirmed
  12. United States v. Antonio Vazquez-Lopez 21-50100 · 2022-05-25 · criminal · affirmed
  13. United States v. Erica Pena 21-50152 · 2022-04-06 · criminal · dismissed
  14. United States v. Crispin Torres, Jr. 21-50074 · 2022-03-14 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. v. U.S. Specialty Insurance Co 21-55370 · 2022-03-09 · civil · affirmed
  16. Jason Thomas v. Costco 21-55335 · 2022-03-04 · civil · affirmed
  17. United States v. Mitchell Miles 21-50105 · 2022-02-09 · criminal
  18. United States v. Sandra Rodriguez 20-50006 · 2021-12-27 · criminal · vacated
  19. United States v. Carlos Ibarra 20-50217 · 2021-12-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  20. United States v. Aron Ortiz 21-50091 · 2021-12-21 · criminal · affirmed
  21. United States v. Oscar Luna-Aquino 20-50234 · 2021-12-20 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Tanya Eckroat 21-50078 · 2021-12-17 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Sara Kelley v. San Diego County Health 20-56111 · 2021-12-02 · civil · affirmed
  24. United States v. Victor Acevedo 20-50007 · 2021-11-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  25. United States v. Olivia Reyes 20-50016 · 2021-11-26 · criminal · remanded