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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. Dean Steeves v. Irs 20-56065 · 2021-11-18 · civil · affirmed
  2. United States v. Michelle Castillo 20-50254 · 2021-11-17 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Alberto Lopez-Castaneda 20-50201 · 2021-11-15 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Joaquin Davalos-Lopez 20-50022 · 2021-10-08 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. Robert Snyder v. Kathleen Allison 21-55105 · 2021-08-26 · civil · affirmed
  6. United States v. Richard Tafoya 20-50240 · 2021-08-18 · criminal · affirmed
  7. United States v. Jesus Ramirez 19-50360 · 2021-08-16 · criminal · affirmed
  8. United States v. Marco Reyes-Aranda 20-50357 · 2021-08-02 · criminal · affirmed
  9. United States v. Jonathan Magana 20-50152 · 2021-06-14 · criminal · affirmed
  10. United States v. Robert Knopping 19-50322 · 2021-05-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. United States v. Carlos Olivera-Fernandez 20-50147 · 2021-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  12. United States v. Alan Rohrback, Jr. 19-50323 · 2021-04-27 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Stacie Somers v. Beiersdorf, Inc. 20-55541 · 2021-03-25 · civil · affirmed
  14. United States v. Jorge Gomez-Gomez 20-50163 · 2021-03-23 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. Tomas Peraza Jr. 20-50198 · 2021-03-19 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States v. Steven Diaz 19-50153 · 2021-02-22 · criminal · affirmed
  17. United States v. Rafael Martinez-Lopez 20-50020 · 2021-02-02 · criminal · vacated
  18. United States v. Luis Bernal-Villarreal 20-50028 · 2021-01-29 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. Walter Reyes 19-50207 · 2021-01-29 · criminal · vacated
  20. Ariix, LLC v. Nutrisearch Corporation 19-55343 · 2021-01-22 · civil · reversed
  21. United States v. Francisco Palacios-Guerrero 19-50071 · 2020-12-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  22. United States v. Jose Hernandez 19-50258 · 2020-12-15 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Theodore Newton v. S. Eatmon 19-56478 · 2020-12-10 · civil · affirmed
  24. United States v. Jose Gomez-Arias 20-50118 · 2020-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  25. United States v. Lance Lavert 19-50299 · 2020-12-09 · criminal · affirmed