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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. United States v. Daniel Marquez 17-50427 · 2018-12-03 · criminal · affirmed
  2. United States v. Eduardo Armstrong 18-50057 · 2018-12-03 · criminal · affirmed
  3. United States v. Julian Ramirez-Reyes 18-50047 · 2018-12-03 · criminal · affirmed
  4. United States v. Eric Marquez 17-50354 · 2018-11-13 · criminal · affirmed
  5. United States v. Rene Aguilar 17-50359 · 2018-11-05 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Ruben Garcia, Jr. v. R. Blahnik 17-55600 · 2018-10-09 · civil · affirmed
  7. United States v. Marcelo Santos-Cordero 17-50015 · 2018-08-30 · civil
  8. United States v. Francisco Heredia-Silva 17-50209 · 2018-08-21 · criminal · affirmed
  9. United States v. Cuauhtemoc Juarez-Aquino 17-50218 · 2018-08-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. United States v. Luis Gaxiola-Toscano 17-50312 · 2018-08-20 · criminal · affirmed
  11. United States v. Oscar MacIas-sandoval 17-50089 · 2018-08-20 · criminal · affirmed
  12. United States v. Cliserio Balmes-Cruz 17-50027 · 2018-08-15 · criminal · affirmed
  13. United States v. Herminio Garcia-Carillo 17-50081 · 2018-07-24 · criminal · affirmed
  14. United States v. Martin Morelos-Navarro 16-50377 · 2018-07-18 · civil · reversed
  15. United States v. Demetrio Cisneros 16-50348 · 2018-07-16 · civil · affirmed
  16. United States v. Daniel Palomino 17-50365 · 2018-07-11 · criminal · affirmed
  17. United States v. Charu Adams 17-50291 · 2018-06-15 · criminal · affirmed
  18. United States v. Daniel Navarro-Chavez 17-50133 · 2018-06-15 · criminal · dismissed
  19. United States v. Fernando Orozco-Uranga 17-50357 · 2018-06-15 · criminal · affirmed
  20. United States v. Hector Sanchez-Santillan 18-50035 · 2018-06-15 · criminal · affirmed
  21. United States v. Hugo Islas-Hernandez 17-50280 · 2018-05-22 · criminal · affirmed
  22. United States v. Rafael Urquidez-Nava 17-50274 · 2018-05-22 · criminal · affirmed
  23. United States v. Julio Torres-Martinez 17-50273 · 2018-05-18 · criminal
  24. United States v. Samantha Velazquez 16-50323 · 2018-05-10 · civil · affirmed
  25. United States v. Gustavo Villasenor-Botello 16-50475 · 2018-05-08 · criminal · affirmed