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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. 3:26-cv-01601 · 2026-03-17 · civil · writ denied
  2. United States v. Maruffo-Mera 25-6010 · 2026-03-16 · criminal · affirmed
  3. 3:23-cv-02198 · 2026-03-12 · civil
  4. 3:24-cv-01511 · 2026-03-10 · civil
  5. 3:26-cv-01196 · 2026-03-09 · civil · writ granted
  6. 3:26-cv-01336 · 2026-03-09 · civil · other
  7. 3:24-cv-01859 · 2026-03-06 · civil
  8. 3:20-cv-01683 · 2026-03-04 · civil
  9. 3:24-cv-01567 · 2026-03-02 · civil
  10. 3:25-cv-01889 · 2026-02-25 · civil
  11. 3:26-cv-01028 · 2026-02-23 · civil · other
  12. United States v. Torres 25-3281 · 2026-02-20 · civil · affirmed
  13. 3:25-cv-01315 · 2026-02-19 · civil
  14. 3:26-cv-00790 · 2026-02-13 · civil · writ denied
  15. 3:23-cv-00801 · 2026-02-12 · civil
  16. 3:25-cv-01364 · 2026-02-11 · civil
  17. 3:26-cv-00288 · 2026-02-06 · civil · other
  18. 3:26-cv-00397 · 2026-02-05 · civil · other
  19. 3:25-cv-01937 · 2026-02-03 · civil
  20. 3:25-cv-01488 · 2026-02-03 · civil
  21. 3:25-cv-00601 · 2026-02-02 · civil
  22. 3:26-cv-00313 · 2026-01-30 · civil · other
  23. 3:25-cv-02533 · 2026-01-29 · civil
  24. 3:24-cv-01772 · 2026-01-29 · civil
  25. 3:25-cv-02583 · 2026-01-28 · civil