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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. 3:21-cv-01956 · 2025-10-21 · civil
  2. 3:25-cv-00023 · 2025-10-17 · civil
  3. 3:25-cv-02675 · 2025-10-16 · civil · other
  4. Phan v. Noem 3:25-cv-02422 · 2025-10-10 · civil · writ granted
  5. Constantinovici v. Bondi 3:25-cv-02405 · 2025-10-10 · civil · writ granted
  6. Mickey v. Williams 3:24-cv-01751 · 2025-10-09 · civil
  7. Gopher Media LLC v. Melone 24-2626 · 2025-10-09 · civil
  8. Bell v. Oama Coronado LLC 3:25-cv-02227 · 2025-10-08 · civil
  9. (HC) McSweeney v. Warden of the Otay Mesa Detention Facility 3:25-cv-02488 · 2025-10-02 · civil · other
  10. Haney, Inc. v. Axium Bioresearch 3:23-cv-01990 · 2025-09-25 · civil
  11. Thai v. Noem 3:25-cv-02436 · 2025-09-22 · civil · other
  12. Grimes v. Coroner of Riverside County 3:25-cv-02291 · 2025-09-22 · civil
  13. Phan v. Noem 3:25-cv-02422 · 2025-09-18 · civil
  14. JMK Properties, Inc. v. Heatherly 3:25-cv-01961 · 2025-09-12 · civil
  15. Wescott v. Gray 3:25-cv-00808 · 2025-09-04 · civil
  16. Lee v. Social Security Administration 3:24-cv-01492 · 2025-09-02 · civil
  17. Marner v. U.S. Department of the Air Force 3:24-cv-00502 · 2025-09-02 · civil
  18. Estate of Nahal Connie Dadkhah v. City of San Diego 3:24-cv-00097 · 2025-08-29 · civil
  19. Loya Casualty Insurance Company v. Lopez 3:25-cv-02096 · 2025-08-28 · civil
  20. Pembrick v. Loyal Source Government Services, LLC. 3:24-cv-01524 · 2025-08-22 · civil
  21. Romero Rodriguez v. Oliver 3:25-cv-00420 · 2025-08-21 · civil
  22. Castillo v. Castillo 3:24-cv-02302 · 2025-08-21 · civil
  23. Ziganshin v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security 3:25-cv-01096 · 2025-08-20 · civil · writ denied
  24. Abera v. San Diego Pacificvu LLC 3:25-cv-01937 · 2025-08-18 · civil
  25. Bonilla v. Goodfellow 3:25-cv-01599 · 2025-08-08 · civil