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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. The Estate of Elisa Serna v. County of San Diego 3:20-cv-02096 · 2021-09-30 · civil
  2. Shine v. Fuston 3:20-cv-02036 · 2021-09-29 · civil
  3. Strojnik v. 1315 Orange LLC 3:19-cv-01991 · 2021-09-29 · civil
  4. EpicentRx, Inc. v. Carter 3:20-cv-01058 · 2021-09-29 · civil
  5. Y.I. v. County of San Diego 3:20-cv-00588 · 2021-09-27 · civil
  6. Ewing v. US Healthcare Supply, LLC 3:19-cv-02292 · 2021-09-24 · civil
  7. G & G Closed Circuit Events, LLC v. Olson 3:20-cv-02119 · 2021-09-20 · civil
  8. Hartsell v. San Diego, County of 3:16-cv-01094 · 2021-09-17 · civil
  9. Miller v. Easy Day Studios Pty. Ltd. 3:20-cv-02187 · 2021-09-16 · civil
  10. Holestine v. Covello 3:20-cv-00159 · 2021-09-03 · civil
  11. Denham v. Global Distribution Services, Inc. 3:18-cv-01495 · 2021-08-31 · civil
  12. Robert Snyder v. Kathleen Allison 21-55105 · 2021-08-26 · civil · affirmed
  13. Fuentes v. Montgomery 3:20-cv-01942 · 2021-08-20 · civil
  14. United States v. Richard Tafoya 20-50240 · 2021-08-18 · criminal · affirmed
  15. United States v. Jesus Ramirez 19-50360 · 2021-08-16 · criminal · affirmed
  16. United States v. Marco Reyes-Aranda 20-50357 · 2021-08-02 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Lane v. Wilkie 3:19-cv-01918 · 2021-07-30 · civil
  18. Gustine v. County of San Diego 3:19-cv-00903 · 2021-07-26 · civil
  19. Ryan v. County of Imperial 3:21-cv-01076 · 2021-07-14 · civil
  20. Greenwood v. Palomar Health 3:19-cv-01686 · 2021-07-02 · civil
  21. Reynolds v. Chalmers 3:20-cv-02081 · 2021-06-29 · civil
  22. United States v. Jonathan Magana 20-50152 · 2021-06-14 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Holestine v. Covello 3:20-cv-00159 · 2021-06-09 · civil
  24. Godwin v. Loera 3:20-cv-02001 · 2021-06-07 · civil
  25. Allen v. Diaz 3:21-cv-00602 · 2021-06-02 · civil