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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. The Estate of Elisa Serna v. County of San Diego 3:20-cv-02096 · 2023-02-15 · civil
  2. United States v. Andres Garcia 21-50265 · 2023-02-13 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Dania Hernandez-Gomez 21-50224 · 2023-01-30 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Antione Cowan 22-50076 · 2023-01-27 · civil · dismissed
  5. Sergio Cota v. Fresenius USA, Inc. 22-55303 · 2023-01-27 · civil · affirmed
  6. Keith Sekerke v. City of National City 21-56062 · 2023-01-26 · civil · affirmed
  7. United States v. Jose Segura Balentierra 21-50235 · 2023-01-25 · criminal · vacated
  8. United States v. Henry Robledo 21-50064 · 2023-01-25 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Doe v. Bonta 3:22-cv-00010 · 2023-01-12 · civil
  10. USA V. RUDY ALVAREZ 21-50068 · 2022-12-27 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Atherley v. Kernan 3:19-cv-02355 · 2022-12-07 · civil
  12. Whyte v. City of San Diego 3:21-cv-01159 · 2022-12-07 · civil
  13. Federal Trade Commission v. Triangle Media Corporation 3:18-cv-01388 · 2022-09-30 · civil
  14. Santucci v. Balboa Healthcare, Inc. 3:21-cv-01584 · 2022-09-29 · civil
  15. Atherley v. Kernan 3:19-cv-02355 · 2022-09-12 · civil
  16. Harold Wilborn v. Alejandro Mayorkas 21-56391 · 2022-08-26 · civil · affirmed
  17. United States v. Luis Noriega 21-50262 · 2022-08-25 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. Jose Solis 21-50140 · 2022-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  19. Georges v. Phillip 3:21-cv-02095 · 2022-08-17 · civil
  20. United States v. Jesus Rodriguez 21-50108 · 2022-08-17 · criminal · vacated
  21. United States v. Brian Cota 21-50132 · 2022-08-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  22. Salahi v. Ow 3:21-cv-01333 · 2022-08-04 · civil
  23. United States v. Marquis Brown 20-50313 · 2022-08-02 · criminal · affirmed
  24. G&G Closed Circuit Events, LLC v. Zarazua 3:20-cv-00816 · 2022-07-29 · civil
  25. Allen v. Diaz 3:21-cv-00602 · 2022-07-29 · civil