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Ruth Bermudez Montenegro

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District Judge
USDC Southern District of California
Edward J Schwartz Courthouse
Courtroom/Floor: 5B

221 West Broadway
San Diego , CA 92101
(619) 695-5877



Nominated by President Joe Biden to Southern District, November 2021; appointed US Magistrate Judge, Southern District of California, August 2018; appointed to Imperial County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, February 2012; previously worked in Imperial county counsel's office and spent nine years as assistant superintendent of El Centro Elementary School District.

UCLA School of Law


Case Category Published
Jajati v. U.S. Customs & Border Protection
reversed and remanded
Administrative Agencies May 22, 2024