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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. United States v. Erica Pena 21-50152 · 2022-04-06 · criminal · dismissed
  2. Taylor v. Eclipse Senior Living, Inc. 3:20-cv-00190 · 2022-04-04 · civil
  3. McCraner v. Wells Fargo & Company 3:21-cv-01246 · 2022-03-30 · civil
  4. Martinez v. University of San Diego 3:20-cv-01946 · 2022-03-30 · civil
  5. Carter Pool v. Ameripark, LLC 3:19-cv-01103 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  6. Mille Fleurs Inc. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company 3:21-cv-01096 · 2022-03-22 · civil
  7. Trejo v. County of Imperial 3:20-cv-01465 · 2022-03-21 · civil
  8. Ariix, LLC v. Nutrisearch Corporation 3:17-cv-00320 · 2022-03-21 · civil
  9. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Champion-Cain 3:19-cv-01628 · 2022-03-18 · civil
  10. The Estate of Elisa Serna v. County of San Diego 3:20-cv-02096 · 2022-03-18 · civil
  11. Herta v. Roberts 3:22-cv-00156 · 2022-03-16 · civil
  12. Green v. United States Forest Service 3:20-cv-01046 · 2022-03-15 · civil
  13. Cota v. Fresenius USA, Inc. 3:18-cv-01163 · 2022-03-15 · civil
  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. Reyes v. Alonzo 3:21-cv-02134 · 2022-03-02 · civil
  18. Jenkins v. Tristar Products, Inc. 3:20-cv-01637 · 2022-03-01 · civil
  19. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Champion-Cain 3:19-cv-01628 · 2022-02-28 · civil
  20. United States v. Mitchell Miles 21-50105 · 2022-02-09 · criminal
  21. Ortega v. Loyal Source Government Services LLC 3:20-cv-00879 · 2022-02-07 · civil
  22. Newton v. Eatmon 3:21-cv-00015 · 2022-02-07 · civil
  23. Doe v. Bonta 3:22-cv-00010 · 2022-01-20 · civil
  24. Morales-Alfaro v. CoreCivic, Inc. 3:20-cv-00082 · 2022-01-06 · civil
  25. Georges v. Phillip 3:21-cv-02095 · 2021-12-29 · civil