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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. Corchon v. Jaime 3:19-cv-01015-LAB-LL · 2021-02-17 · civil · writ denied
  2. Sikking v. Housing of Urban Development (HUD) 3:19-cv-01004 · 2021-02-17 · civil
  3. Godwin v. Loera 3:20-cv-02001 · 2021-02-08 · civil
  4. Wilborn v. Wolf 3:20-cv-01981 · 2021-02-08 · civil
  5. Atherley v. Kernan 3:19-cv-02355 · 2021-02-08 · civil
  6. Sikking v. Housing of Urban Development (HUD) 3:19-cv-01004 · 2021-02-01 · civil
  7. Fortis Advisors LLC v. Fishawack Medical Communications LTD 3:20-cv-00607 · 2021-01-29 · civil
  8. Reynolds v. Chalmers 3:20-cv-02081 · 2021-01-29 · civil
  9. Jackson v. CA Rags II Inc. 3:20-cv-01628 · 2021-01-25 · civil
  10. Sekerke v. City of National City 3:19-cv-01360 · 2021-01-20 · civil
  11. Olivera Hernandez v. McAleenan 3:20-cv-00440 · 2021-01-13 · civil
  12. Duhamel v. Berryhill 3:18-cv-02624 · 2021-01-11 · civil
  13. Snyder v. Allison 3:19-cv-01741 · 2021-01-08 · civil
  14. Rasmussen v. Hickey 3:20-cv-00411 · 2021-01-06 · civil
  15. Miller v. Easy Day Studios Pty. Ltd. 3:20-cv-02187 · 2020-12-30 · civil
  16. Vargas v. California Dept. of Corrections 3:20-cv-00516 · 2020-12-28 · civil · other
  17. Holestine v. Covello 3:20-cv-00159 · 2020-12-21 · civil
  18. Cota v. Ben Bridge-Jeweler, Inc. 3:20-cv-01496 · 2020-12-18 · civil
  19. Cox v. Ametek, Inc. 3:17-cv-00597 · 2020-12-15 · civil
  20. Brooke v. Red Lion Hotels Corporation 3:20-cv-01901 · 2020-12-11 · civil
  21. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Champion-Cain 3:19-cv-01628 · 2020-12-11 · civil
  22. Langer v. Badger Co., LLC 3:18-cv-00934 · 2020-12-07 · civil
  23. Dunsmore v. Gore 3:20-cv-01609 · 2020-12-03 · civil
  24. Haywood v. San Diego, CA Sheriff 3:20-cv-02279 · 2020-12-02 · civil
  25. Dunsmore v. Gore 3:20-cv-02021 · 2020-12-02 · civil · writ denied