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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. 3:22-cv-01892 · 2024-07-18 · civil
  2. 3:20-cv-00234 · 2024-07-18 · civil
  3. Atlantic Wave Holdings, LLC v. Cyberlux Corporation 3:24-cv-00482 · 2024-07-10 · civil
  4. Latham v. Pollard 3:20-cv-02177 · 2024-07-10 · civil
  5. Ballester v. Boucek 3:23-cv-02244 · 2024-07-08 · civil
  6. Ballester v. Miller 3:24-cv-00454 · 2024-07-08 · civil
  7. Ballester v. Finkbeiner 3:23-cv-01854 · 2024-07-08 · civil
  8. Simon v. Superior Court of California 3:23-cv-00889 · 2024-07-03 · civil
  9. Vargas v. State of California 3:23-cv-01893 · 2024-07-03 · civil
  10. Atlantic Wave Holdings, LLC v. Cyberlux Corporation 3:24-cv-00196 · 2024-07-01 · civil
  11. Velasquez v. O'Malley 3:23-cv-01683 · 2024-06-27 · civil
  12. Atlantic Wave Holdings, LLC v. Cyberlux Corporation 3:24-cv-00196 · 2024-06-27 · civil
  13. Estate of Nahal Connie Dadkhah v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-00097 · 2024-06-24 · civil
  14. Mayen v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. 3:23-cv-01915 · 2024-06-24 · civil
  15. Bratt v. Dooley 3:23-cv-02336 · 2024-05-29 · civil
  16. Ballester v. Boucek 3:23-cv-01730 · 2024-05-14 · civil
  17. Ballester v. Boucek 3:23-cv-01839 · 2024-05-14 · civil
  18. San Diego Detox, LLC v. Detox Center of San Diego LLC 3:22-cv-01145 · 2024-05-08 · civil
  19. Turner v. State of California 3:24-cv-00649 · 2024-05-07 · civil
  20. Pacific Resources Associates LLC v. Suzy Cleaners 3:20-cv-00234 · 2024-05-02 · civil
  21. Casas v. HomeGoods, Inc. 3:22-cv-01274 · 2024-05-02 · civil
  22. Martinez v. Nienow 3:23-cv-02338 · 2024-04-30 · civil
  23. AEA Investment Properties, LLC v. Barcenas Torres 3:23-cv-02088 · 2024-04-26 · civil
  24. Madera v. Comenity Capital Bank 3:23-cv-02124 · 2024-04-26 · civil
  25. Roditi v. New River Investments Inc. 3:20-cv-01908 · 2024-04-22 · civil