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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. Echologics, LLC v. Orbis Intelligent Systems, Inc. 3:21-cv-01147 · 2022-06-17 · civil
  2. Talavera Hair Products, Inc. v. Taizhou Yunsung Electrical Appliance Co., LTD. 3:18-cv-00823 · 2022-06-14 · civil
  3. Myers v. Clayton 3:22-cv-00673 · 2022-06-07 · civil
  4. Gross v. Stufflebean 3:22-cv-00195 · 2022-06-01 · civil
  5. Saxton v. San Diego County Sheriff's Department 3:22-cv-00562 · 2022-05-23 · civil
  6. Talavera Hair Products, Inc. v. Taizhou Yunsung Electrical Appliance Co., LTD. 3:18-cv-00823 · 2022-05-23 · civil
  7. Polus v. Sharp Healthcare 3:20-cv-02253 · 2022-05-09 · civil
  8. Sandoval v. California Medical Facility 3:21-cv-02065 · 2022-05-05 · civil
  9. Palmieri v. Kijakazi 3:22-cv-00119 · 2022-03-11 · civil
  10. Continental Casualty Company v. Phillips Cattle Co., Inc. 3:21-cv-01244 · 2022-03-07 · civil
  11. Lenore Skinner v. Kijakazi 3:20-cv-01134 · 2022-02-25 · civil
  12. PMA Companies v. Genox Transportation, Inc. 3:20-cv-02540 · 2022-02-17 · civil
  13. Grizzle v. San Diego, County of 3:17-cv-00813 · 2022-02-15 · civil
  14. Grizzle v. San Diego, County of 3:17-cv-00813 · 2022-02-08 · civil
  15. Allen Medina v. Kijakazi 3:21-cv-01872 · 2022-01-28 · civil
  16. Araujo v. Coachella Valley Water District 3:20-cv-01800 · 2022-01-21 · civil
  17. Fink v. State of California 3:21-cv-00969 · 2022-01-14 · civil · other
  18. Kirker v. Saul 3:20-cv-00673 · 2022-01-14 · civil
  19. Botts v. Sheppard 3:19-cv-01387 · 2022-01-13 · civil
  20. Grizzle v. San Diego, County of 3:17-cv-00813 · 2022-01-10 · civil
  21. Benavides v. Montgomery 3:21-cv-01186 · 2022-01-07 · civil · other
  22. Miranda v. Madden 3:19-cv-01605 · 2022-01-05 · civil
  23. Carroll v. Toele 3:20-cv-00079 · 2021-12-22 · civil
  24. Carroll v. Toele 3:20-cv-00079 · 2021-12-03 · civil
  25. Williams v. Navarro 3:18-cv-01318-DMS-BGS · 2021-11-08 · civil