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Ruth Bermudez Montenegro

Judge · Superior Court of Imperial County · 2014–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2022– · , District Court, S.D. California 2018–2022 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial 2015–2018 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial 2012–2013

C+
67% — 8 of 12 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 45% of 312 graded judges

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time, 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.

21cases reviewed on appeal
590opinions authored
590panels sat on (not as author)
15%reversed, in whole or part, of 20 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 15 reversed 2 modified 2 reversed in part 1

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 11 reversed in part 1 reversed 1 dismissed 1

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

civil 10 criminal 6 delinquency 5

By year: 2026 6 · 2025 6 · 2024 4 · 2016 3 · 2015 1 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

10reviewed cases analysed
32rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
0cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate opinions called questionable

Counts of a model's readings across this judge's reviewed cases, each shown on its case page beside the court's disposition. Not a finding about the judge.

Cases

  1. Roditi v. New River Investments Inc. 3:20-cv-01908 · 2025-08-01 · civil
  2. Parker v. Manzano 24-1723 · 2025-07-30 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Smith v. Sedighi 3:25-cv-01100 · 2025-07-29 · civil
  4. Mickey v. Williams 3:24-cv-01751 · 2025-07-29 · civil
  5. Pembrick v. Loyal Source Government Services, LLC. 3:24-cv-01524 · 2025-07-28 · civil
  6. Liu v. Barrelet 3:23-cv-02186 · 2025-07-28 · civil
  7. Abera v. San Diego Pacificvu LLC 3:25-cv-01488 · 2025-07-25 · civil
  8. Carlborg v. Department of Navy 3:23-cv-02073 · 2025-07-17 · civil
  9. Bishop v. United States Postal Service 3:24-cv-02266 · 2025-07-14 · civil
  10. Cervantes v. O'Malley 3:24-cv-01032 · 2025-07-14 · civil
  11. Swenson v. Kuehni 3:25-cv-01398 · 2025-07-10 · civil
  12. Mora v. Black Horse Capital Inc. 3:25-cv-00017 · 2025-07-10 · civil
  13. Black v. City of San Diego 3:21-cv-01990 · 2025-07-10 · civil
  14. United States v. Gomez-Reyes 24-724 · 2025-06-26 · criminal · affirmed
  15. The Estate of Omar Moreno Arroyo v. County of San Diego 3:21-cv-01956 · 2025-06-23 · civil
  16. Aguilar v. Imperial County Board of Supervisors 3:25-cv-00538 · 2025-06-11 · civil
  17. Abera v. San Diego Pacificvu LLC 3:25-cv-01437 · 2025-06-10 · civil
  18. Collins v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 3:23-cv-01368 · 2025-06-06 · civil
  19. Fortis Advisors LLC v. NuVasive (Aust/Nz) Pty Ltd 3:25-cv-00470 · 2025-06-06 · civil
  20. Moore v. Hill 3:24-cv-02159 · 2025-06-05 · civil
  21. Dalrada Financial Corporation v. Deprey Company 3:24-cv-01185 · 2025-05-29 · civil
  22. The Estate of Omar Moreno Arroyo v. County of San Diego 3:21-cv-01956 · 2025-05-29 · civil
  23. Aguilar v. Imperial County Board of Supervisors 3:25-cv-00538 · 2025-05-21 · civil
  24. Donius v. Mazzetti 3:25-cv-01052 · 2025-05-19 · civil · other
  25. Collins v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 3:23-cv-01368 · 2025-05-19 · civil