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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. Walter Reyes 19-50207 · 2020-12-04 · criminal · vacated
  2. Dwayne Conyers v. Michael Roddy 20-55143 · 2020-11-30 · civil · affirmed
  3. United States v. Julian Madero-Diaz 19-50203 · 2020-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  4. Sylvia Santos v. Office Depot, Inc. 19-55906 · 2020-08-12 · civil · affirmed
  5. United States v. Juan Mendoza-Lopez 19-50162 · 2020-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Francisco Zendejas 19-50103 · 2020-06-19 · civil · affirmed
  7. United States v. Ricardo Lara 20-50053 · 2020-06-16 · criminal · vacated
  8. United States v. Abelard Fuentes-Castro 19-50111 · 2020-06-15 · criminal · vacated
  9. United States v. Jose Rosario-Montalvo 19-50097 · 2020-06-08 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. United States v. Alberto Silva-Garcia 19-50052 · 2020-06-03 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. United States v. Oscar Ballesteros 19-50093 · 2020-05-28 · criminal · remanded
  12. United States v. Jose Rojas-Martinez 18-50186 · 2020-05-20 · criminal · vacated
  13. United States v. Raymond Militante Rebaya 18-50267 · 2020-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Manuel Acosta-Lopez 19-50210 · 2020-05-14 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. Manuel Villarreal, IV 19-50137 · 2020-05-13 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States v. Jose Zamudio-Silva 19-50059 · 2020-04-23 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Michael Hartsell v. County of San Diego 19-55379 · 2020-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  18. United States v. Florencio Serna-Hernandez 19-50021 · 2020-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  19. United States v. Lupita Jaimes 19-50136 · 2020-04-14 · criminal · affirmed
  20. John Roettgen v. D. Paramo 19-55172 · 2020-04-13 · civil · affirmed
  21. Enver Karafili v. Ronald Davis 19-55704 · 2020-03-09 · civil · affirmed
  22. United States v. Alberto Castellanos 18-50416 · 2020-02-20 · criminal · vacated
  23. Leon Ortega-Ramos v. Gregory Archambeault 19-55194 · 2020-02-14 · civil · affirmed
  24. United States v. Maximo Flores-Lezama 19-50056 · 2020-02-11 · criminal · affirmed
  25. United States v. Francisco Gomez-Cruz 19-50200 · 2020-02-07 · criminal · affirmed