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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. Fuentes v. Montgomery 3:20-cv-01942 · 2020-12-02 · civil
  2. Haywood v. San Diego, CA Sheriff 3:20-cv-02279 · 2020-12-02 · civil
  3. Mota v. White 3:20-cv-01863 · 2020-12-01 · civil
  4. Dunn v. Gastello 3:19-cv-01554 · 2020-12-01 · civil · other
  5. Sikking v. Housing of Urban Development (HUD) 3:19-cv-01004 · 2020-11-18 · civil
  6. Beck v. Camp Pendleton and Quantico Housing LLC 3:20-cv-00579 · 2020-11-17 · civil
  7. Clover v. Camp Pendleton & Quantico Housing LLC 3:20-cv-00567 · 2020-11-16 · civil
  8. Malauulu v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 3:18-cv-02595 · 2020-11-03 · civil
  9. Dunsmore v. Gore 3:20-cv-01609 · 2020-11-02 · civil · writ denied
  10. Godwin v. Loera 3:20-cv-02001 · 2020-11-02 · civil
  11. Whiteslate, LLP v. Third Avenews, LLC 3:20-cv-02026 · 2020-10-29 · civil
  12. Ricketts v. United States Copyright Offices 3:20-cv-01966 · 2020-10-26 · civil
  13. Denham v. Global Distribution Services, Inc. 3:18-cv-01495 · 2020-10-21 · civil
  14. Fuentes v. Montgomery 3:20-cv-01942 · 2020-10-19 · civil
  15. Bonilla v. All Reviewing Courts 3:20-cv-01152 · 2020-10-16 · civil
  16. Crypto Asset Fund, LLC v. Medcredits, Inc. 3:19-cv-01869 · 2020-10-13 · civil
  17. Farish v. DHS 3:20-cv-01716 · 2020-10-08 · civil
  18. Save the Park and Build the School v. National Park Service 3:20-cv-01080 · 2020-10-08 · civil
  19. Blacher v. Diaz 3:20-cv-01270 · 2020-10-08 · civil
  20. Steeves v. Internal Revenue Service 3:20-cv-00978 · 2020-10-06 · civil
  21. Sikking v. Housing of Urban Development (HUD) 3:19-cv-01004 · 2020-10-02 · civil
  22. Allred v. Chicago Title Company 3:19-cv-02129 · 2020-10-01 · civil
  23. EpicentRx, Inc. v. Carter 3:20-cv-01058 · 2020-09-30 · civil
  24. Carrera Chapple v. Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 3:20-cv-01456 · 2020-09-30 · civil
  25. Quezada v. Franklin Madison Group, LLC 3:19-cv-02153 · 2020-09-29 · civil