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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. Mora v. Black Horse Capital Inc. 3:25-cv-00017 · 2025-01-21 · civil
  2. Taylor v. Starbucks Corporation 3:24-cv-01511 · 2025-01-10 · civil
  3. Qassimy Ar v. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Diego Field Office 3:24-cv-02109 · 2025-01-07 · civil
  4. Martinez v. Nienow 3:23-cv-02338 · 2024-12-20 · civil
  5. Lang v. United States 3:23-cv-02260 · 2024-12-17 · civil
  6. Rodriguez v. Ford Motor Company 3:23-cv-00598 · 2024-12-03 · civil
  7. Qassimy Ar v. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Diego Field Office 3:24-cv-02109 · 2024-11-27 · civil
  8. Liu v. Barrelet 3:23-cv-02186 · 2024-11-22 · civil
  9. Pacific Resources Associates LLC v. Suzy Cleaners 3:20-cv-00234 · 2024-11-12 · civil
  10. Bolgner-Linna v. American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC 3:24-cv-00539 · 2024-11-07 · civil
  11. Martinez v. University of San Diego 3:20-cv-01946 · 2024-11-07 · civil
  12. Pacific Resources Associates LLC v. Suzy Cleaners 3:20-cv-00234 · 2024-11-07 · civil
  13. Braggs v. San Diego Sheriff's Department 3:24-cv-01772 · 2024-10-28 · civil
  14. Bonilla v. Meza 3:24-cv-01931 · 2024-10-25 · civil
  15. Martinez v. University of San Diego 3:20-cv-01946 · 2024-10-23 · civil
  16. United States v. Mejia 24-664 · 2024-10-21 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Alexander v. Leadership Research Institute, Inc 3:22-cv-01416 · 2024-10-16 · civil
  18. Roditi v. New River Investments Inc. 3:20-cv-01908 · 2024-10-16 · civil
  19. Grimes v. Oceanside City Municipal 3:23-cv-02076 · 2024-10-02 · civil
  20. Duell Family Trust v. Donna May Duell Trust 3:24-cv-00654 · 2024-10-02 · civil
  21. Diggs v. Gallucci 3:24-cv-00152 · 2024-10-02 · civil
  22. Velasquez v. O'Malley 3:23-cv-01683 · 2024-09-27 · civil
  23. Hanna v. Internal Revenue Services (IRS) 3:24-cv-00515 · 2024-09-20 · civil
  24. Turner v. Automobili Lamborghini America LLC 3:23-cv-01772 · 2024-09-20 · civil
  25. Wilson v. Santana 3:23-cv-00250 · 2024-09-20 · civil