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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. Sandra Rodriguez 20-50006 · 2021-12-27 · criminal · vacated
  2. United States v. Carlos Ibarra 20-50217 · 2021-12-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. United States v. Aron Ortiz 21-50091 · 2021-12-21 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Oscar Luna-Aquino 20-50234 · 2021-12-20 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Tanya Eckroat 21-50078 · 2021-12-17 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Champion-Cain 3:19-cv-01628 · 2021-12-13 · civil
  7. Swirski v. ProTec Association Services 3:20-cv-01321 · 2021-12-06 · civil
  8. (PC) Blackman v. Gomez 3:21-cv-00923 · 2021-12-03 · civil
  9. Sara Kelley v. San Diego County Health 20-56111 · 2021-12-02 · civil · affirmed
  10. Matus v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection 3:21-cv-01663 · 2021-11-30 · civil
  11. United States v. Victor Acevedo 20-50007 · 2021-11-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. United States v. Olivia Reyes 20-50016 · 2021-11-26 · criminal · remanded
  13. Dean Steeves v. Irs 20-56065 · 2021-11-18 · civil · affirmed
  14. Allen v. Diaz 3:21-cv-00602 · 2021-11-17 · civil
  15. Latham v. Pollard 3:20-cv-02177 · 2021-11-17 · civil
  16. United States v. Michelle Castillo 20-50254 · 2021-11-17 · criminal · affirmed
  17. United States v. Alberto Lopez-Castaneda 20-50201 · 2021-11-15 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Wilborn v. Wolf 3:20-cv-01981 · 2021-10-28 · civil
  19. Blacher v. Diaz 3:20-cv-01270 · 2021-10-28 · civil
  20. Reynolds v. Chalmers 3:20-cv-02081 · 2021-10-26 · civil
  21. United States v. Joaquin Davalos-Lopez 20-50022 · 2021-10-08 · criminal · reversed in part
  22. Torres v. Diaz 3:19-cv-01964 · 2021-10-06 · civil
  23. Langill v. Allstate Insurance Company 3:20-cv-00176 · 2021-09-30 · civil
  24. Hodges v. American Specialty Health Incorporated 3:20-cv-01158 · 2021-09-30 · civil
  25. Williams v. Ortega 3:18-cv-00547 · 2021-09-30 · civil