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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 authored (every role)

  1. Braggs v. San Diego Sheriff's Department 3:24-cv-01772 · 2024-10-28 · civil
  2. Bonilla v. Meza 3:24-cv-01931 · 2024-10-25 · civil
  3. Martinez v. University of San Diego 3:20-cv-01946 · 2024-10-23 · civil
  4. Alexander v. Leadership Research Institute, Inc 3:22-cv-01416 · 2024-10-16 · civil
  5. Roditi v. New River Investments Inc. 3:20-cv-01908 · 2024-10-16 · civil
  6. Grimes v. Oceanside City Municipal 3:23-cv-02076 · 2024-10-02 · civil
  7. Duell Family Trust v. Donna May Duell Trust 3:24-cv-00654 · 2024-10-02 · civil
  8. Diggs v. Gallucci 3:24-cv-00152 · 2024-10-02 · civil
  9. Velasquez v. O'Malley 3:23-cv-01683 · 2024-09-27 · civil
  10. Hanna v. Internal Revenue Services (IRS) 3:24-cv-00515 · 2024-09-20 · civil
  11. Turner v. Automobili Lamborghini America LLC 3:23-cv-01772 · 2024-09-20 · civil
  12. Wilson v. Santana 3:23-cv-00250 · 2024-09-20 · civil
  13. Mayen v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. 3:23-cv-01915 · 2024-09-19 · civil
  14. Oveis v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 3:24-cv-01428 · 2024-09-17 · civil
  15. Schuh v. O'Malley 3:23-cv-00812 · 2024-08-26 · civil
  16. Bhatia v. Silvergate Bank 3:23-cv-01406 · 2024-08-23 · civil
  17. Holifield v. NexusCw, Inc. 3:24-cv-00353 · 2024-08-20 · civil
  18. Holifield v. NexusCw, Inc. 3:24-cv-00353 · 2024-08-20 · civil
  19. S. v. Selectquote Insurance Services 3:23-cv-02258 · 2024-08-19 · civil
  20. May v. O'Malley 3:23-cv-01138 · 2024-08-19 · civil
  21. Ruffin v. Dudek and Associates 3:22-cv-00191 · 2024-08-16 · civil
  22. Schuh v. O'Malley 3:23-cv-00812 · 2024-08-09 · civil
  23. Murillo v. McVay 3:23-cv-01581 · 2024-08-07 · civil
  24. 3:23-cv-01490 · 2024-08-05 · civil
  25. 3:24-cv-00651 · 2024-07-19 · civil