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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. Bertha Fajardo v. United States 18-56510 · 2020-01-31 · civil · affirmed
  2. United States v. Jaime Monzon-Silva 18-50382 · 2020-01-27 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Guadalupe Beltran-Araiza 18-50429 · 2020-01-14 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Porfirio Ruiz 19-50058 · 2020-01-14 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Julie Moreno-Guzman 19-50211 · 2020-01-10 · criminal · affirmed
  6. United States v. Ramon Delgado 18-50397 · 2020-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  7. United States v. Claudia Solano 19-50252 · 2019-12-17 · criminal · affirmed
  8. United States v. Jorge Gomez-Gomez 18-50080 · 2019-12-16 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. United States v. Federico Farias 18-50357 · 2019-12-13 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Bertha Fajardo v. United States 18-56510 · 2019-11-29 · civil · affirmed
  11. United States v. Jesus Rodriguez-Penuelas 18-50217 · 2019-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  12. United States v. Ramon Valencia-Cruz 18-50386 · 2019-11-25 · criminal · affirmed
  13. United States v. Simon Gutierrez-Cortez 18-50259 · 2019-11-22 · criminal · vacated
  14. United States v. Angel Reyes-Torres 19-50045 · 2019-10-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. United States v. Adalberto Magana-Gonzalez 18-50343 · 2019-10-22 · civil · affirmed
  16. Demetrice Sightler v. David Nisleit 18-55492 · 2019-09-23 · civil
  17. United States v. Jaime Mendez-Maciel 18-50208 · 2019-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. Jorge Ceja-Valdez 15-50409 · 2019-09-18 · criminal · affirmed
  19. United States v. Miguel Ramirez Gonzalez 18-50175 · 2019-09-05 · criminal · affirmed
  20. United States v. Gustavo De Luna-Ortiz 19-50035 · 2019-08-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  21. United States v. Ruben Navarrete-Felix 19-50044 · 2019-08-23 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Frankie Ovies 17-50433 · 2019-08-16 · criminal · affirmed
  23. United States v. Jose Larios-Avila 19-50015 · 2019-08-15 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Anton Ewing v. K2 Property Development, LLC 18-56487 · 2019-07-24 · civil · affirmed
  25. Maura Larkins v. Thomas Moore 18-56350 · 2019-07-22 · civil · affirmed