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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. Harrington v. Covello 3:19-cv-01824 · 2020-06-17 · civil · dismissed
  2. Harrington v. Covello 3:19-cv-01824 · 2020-06-17 · civil · other
  3. Childers v. Eldridge 3:19-cv-01779 · 2020-06-04 · civil · dismissed
  4. Gonzales v. Garcia 3:19-cv-00660 · 2020-05-20 · civil
  5. Gonzales v. Garcia 3:19-cv-00660 · 2020-04-16 · civil
  6. Augustine v. Berryhill 3:19-cv-00826 · 2020-04-13 · civil
  7. Turner v. Foss 3:19-cv-01878 · 2020-03-16 · civil · other
  8. Jackson v. Commissioner of Social Security 3:19-cv-00590 · 2020-01-22 · civil
  9. Vinck v. Berryhill 3:19-cv-00715-W-LR · 2020-01-06 · civil
  10. Guerra v. Berryhill 3:19-cv-00852 · 2019-12-05 · civil
  11. Kennedy v. Berryhill 3:18-cv-01859 · 2019-10-30 · civil
  12. Gonzales v. Garcia 3:19-cv-00660 · 2019-10-02 · civil
  13. Gravesbey v. Byrd-Hunt 3:19-cv-00372 · 2019-09-23 · civil
  14. Miranda v. Madden 3:19-cv-01605 · 2019-09-09 · civil
  15. Weyandt v. Commissioner of Social Security 3:18-cv-02443 · 2019-09-04 · civil