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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. Testone v. Barleans Organic Oils, LLC 3:19-cv-00169 · 2023-03-06 · civil
  2. Pettersen v. Circle K Stores Inc. 3:21-cv-00237 · 2023-03-01 · civil
  3. Parker v. Manzano 3:22-cv-00001 · 2023-02-16 · civil
  4. Abiding Place Ministries v. Newsom 3:21-cv-00518 · 2023-02-14 · civil
  5. Wilson v. Santana 3:23-cv-00250 · 2023-02-14 · civil
  6. Abiding Place Ministries v. Newsom 3:21-cv-00518 · 2023-02-14 · civil
  7. Parker v. Wells Fargo Bank 3:22-cv-00819 · 2023-02-13 · civil
  8. Ruffin v. Dudek and Associates 3:22-cv-00191 · 2023-02-08 · civil
  9. The Eclipse Group LLP v. Target Corporation 3:15-cv-01411 · 2023-02-01 · civil
  10. Charlton v. LG Energy Solution Michigan, Inc. 3:21-cv-02142 · 2023-01-31 · civil
  11. Vashisht-Rota v. Bluechip Services 3:22-cv-00900 · 2023-01-30 · civil
  12. Anderberg v. The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. 3:21-cv-01794 · 2023-01-26 · civil
  13. Turley v. Peterson 3:23-cv-00123 · 2023-01-26 · civil · other
  14. Vent v. Fletcher 3:22-cv-01651 · 2023-01-24 · civil
  15. In Re: James Gregory Barrett 3:22-cv-00222 · 2023-01-23 · civil
  16. Soe v. Progenity, Inc. 3:20-cv-01683 · 2023-01-13 · civil
  17. Peralta v. Massachusetts State Police 3:23-cv-00022 · 2023-01-12 · civil
  18. Carpio v. Hill 3:22-cv-01037 · 2023-01-12 · civil · other
  19. Nelson v. Housing and Community Development Services of San Diego County 3:22-cv-02044 · 2023-01-09 · civil
  20. Sanchez v. Payes 3:22-cv-02067 · 2023-01-04 · civil
  21. Vashisht-Rota v. Harrisburg University 3:20-cv-00967 · 2023-01-04 · civil
  22. Block Scientific, Inc. v. True Diagnostics, Inc. 3:21-cv-01118 · 2023-01-03 · civil
  23. Guerrero v. United States Gypsum Company 3:21-cv-01502 · 2022-12-30 · civil
  24. Spellman v. Peyman 3:22-cv-01710 · 2022-12-19 · civil
  25. Echologics, LLC v. Orbis Intelligent Systems, Inc. 3:21-cv-01147 · 2022-12-15 · civil