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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. Y.I. v. County of San Diego 3:20-cv-00588 · 2021-09-27 · civil
  2. Ewing v. US Healthcare Supply, LLC 3:19-cv-02292 · 2021-09-24 · civil
  3. G & G Closed Circuit Events, LLC v. Olson 3:20-cv-02119 · 2021-09-20 · civil
  4. Hartsell v. San Diego, County of 3:16-cv-01094 · 2021-09-17 · civil
  5. Miller v. Easy Day Studios Pty. Ltd. 3:20-cv-02187 · 2021-09-16 · civil
  6. Holestine v. Covello 3:20-cv-00159 · 2021-09-03 · civil
  7. Denham v. Global Distribution Services, Inc. 3:18-cv-01495 · 2021-08-31 · civil
  8. Fuentes v. Montgomery 3:20-cv-01942 · 2021-08-20 · civil
  9. Lane v. Wilkie 3:19-cv-01918 · 2021-07-30 · civil
  10. Gustine v. County of San Diego 3:19-cv-00903 · 2021-07-26 · civil
  11. Ryan v. County of Imperial 3:21-cv-01076 · 2021-07-14 · civil
  12. Greenwood v. Palomar Health 3:19-cv-01686 · 2021-07-02 · civil
  13. Reynolds v. Chalmers 3:20-cv-02081 · 2021-06-29 · civil
  14. Holestine v. Covello 3:20-cv-00159 · 2021-06-09 · civil
  15. Godwin v. Loera 3:20-cv-02001 · 2021-06-07 · civil
  16. Allen v. Diaz 3:21-cv-00602 · 2021-06-02 · civil
  17. Wilborn v. Wolf 3:20-cv-01981 · 2021-05-27 · civil
  18. Wilborn v. Wolf 3:20-cv-01981 · 2021-05-19 · civil
  19. Latham v. Pollard 3:20-cv-02177 · 2021-05-11 · civil
  20. Hodges v. People of the State of California 3:21-cv-00794 · 2021-05-10 · civil · other
  21. Finnegan v. The City of Atlanta Municipal Court 3:21-cv-00813 · 2021-05-05 · civil
  22. Monterey Property Associates Anaheim, LLC v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America 3:20-cv-00077 · 2021-04-26 · civil
  23. Chartrand v. Solarflare Communications, Inc. 3:20-cv-01842 · 2021-04-22 · civil
  24. Denham v. Global Distribution Services, Inc. 3:18-cv-01495 · 2021-04-20 · civil
  25. Beck v. Camp Pendleton and Quantico Housing LLC 3:20-cv-00579 · 2021-04-19 · civil