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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. Mourning v. IRS-Internal Revenue Service 3:23-cv-00970 · 2023-08-14 · civil
  2. Corpuz v. Walmart, Inc. 3:22-cv-00901 · 2023-08-10 · civil
  3. Butler v. County of San Diego 3:23-cv-01402 · 2023-08-09 · civil
  4. ESA Management, LLC v. Kaler 3:23-cv-01324 · 2023-08-02 · civil
  5. Castillo v. Alere North America, Inc. 3:21-cv-01519 · 2023-08-01 · civil
  6. Myers v. Clayton 3:22-cv-00673 · 2023-07-25 · civil
  7. Simon v. Superior Court of California 3:23-cv-00889 · 2023-07-20 · civil
  8. Castillo v. Alere North America, Inc. 3:21-cv-01519 · 2023-07-19 · civil
  9. Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe 3:23-cv-01157 · 2023-07-14 · civil
  10. Parker v. Wells Fargo Bank 3:22-cv-00819 · 2023-07-14 · civil
  11. Brickman Investments Inc. v. Progenity, Inc. 3:20-cv-01795 · 2023-07-12 · civil
  12. Soe v. Progenity, Inc. 3:20-cv-01683 · 2023-07-12 · civil
  13. Thompson v. Rodriguez 3:23-cv-00515 · 2023-07-07 · civil
  14. Curry v. Newsom 3:23-cv-01148 · 2023-07-06 · civil
  15. Lea v. City of San Diego 3:22-cv-01581 · 2023-06-28 · civil
  16. Arellano v. Jones 3:20-cv-00228 · 2023-06-28 · civil
  17. Ambert v. Stafford 3:22-cv-00996 · 2023-06-26 · civil · other
  18. Iceberg Associates LLP v. Dynamic Data Technologies, LLC 3:22-cv-01084 · 2023-06-07 · civil
  19. Wilson v. Santana 3:23-cv-00250 · 2023-06-05 · civil
  20. Sanchez v. Payes 3:22-cv-02067 · 2023-06-01 · civil
  21. Vent v. Fletcher 3:22-cv-01651 · 2023-05-24 · civil
  22. Brugman v. Eaton 3:22-cv-01350 · 2023-05-19 · civil · other
  23. Nelson v. Housing and Community Development Services of San Diego County 3:22-cv-02044 · 2023-05-18 · civil
  24. Ferguson v. Noonan 3:23-cv-00498 · 2023-05-18 · civil
  25. Alexander v. Leadership Research Institute, Inc 3:22-cv-01416 · 2023-05-17 · civil