Ruth Bermudez Montenegro

District Judge
USDC Southern District of California
Edward J Schwartz Courthouse
Days: M-F 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
Gopher Media LLC v. Melone dismissed	Anti-SLAPP	Oct. 10, 2025
Jajati v. U.S. Customs & Border Protection reversed and remanded	Administrative Agencies	May 22, 2024

Case

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
In re Trader Joe's Company Dark Chocolate Litigation	Consumer Law	judge	May 9, 2025
Haley Martinez and Matthew Sheridan, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. University of San Diego	Contracts	judge	Jan. 10, 2025
Nifty Quarter Inc. dba Freshly Folded v. Fresh Folded Laundry LLC, et al.	Intellectual Property	judge	Dec. 8, 2023
Loretta Schweinsburg v. General Mills Inc., General Mills Sales Inc.	Torts	judge	Sep. 22, 2023
Starline Windows Inc. v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania	Contracts	judge	Aug. 11, 2023
In re: James Gregory Barrett	Bankruptcy	judge	May 12, 2023
Michael Testone, Collin Shanks and Lamartine Pierre, on behalf of themselves all others similarly situated, and the general public v. Barlean's Organic Oils LLC	Consumer Law	judge	Jan. 13, 2023
Jacobo Jajati v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, et al.	Government	judge	Jan. 6, 2023
Gabriella Francesa Greco, D.O., et al. v. Matthew Todd Ahern, D.O., et al.	Medical	judge	Nov. 18, 2022
William Henry Weyandt, II v. Commissioner of Social Security	Government	judge	Feb. 7, 2020

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
In re Trader Joe's Company Dark Chocolate Litigation	Consumer Law	judge	May 9, 2025
Haley Martinez and Matthew Sheridan, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. University of San Diego	Contracts	judge	Jan. 10, 2025
Nifty Quarter Inc. dba Freshly Folded v. Fresh Folded Laundry LLC, et al.	Intellectual Property	judge	Dec. 8, 2023
Loretta Schweinsburg v. General Mills Inc., General Mills Sales Inc.	Torts	judge	Sep. 22, 2023
Starline Windows Inc. v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania	Contracts	judge	Aug. 11, 2023
In re: James Gregory Barrett	Bankruptcy	judge	May 12, 2023
Michael Testone, Collin Shanks and Lamartine Pierre, on behalf of themselves all others similarly situated, and the general public v. Barlean's Organic Oils LLC	Consumer Law	judge	Jan. 13, 2023
Jacobo Jajati v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, et al.	Government	judge	Jan. 6, 2023
Gabriella Francesa Greco, D.O., et al. v. Matthew Todd Ahern, D.O., et al.	Medical	judge	Nov. 18, 2022
William Henry Weyandt, II v. Commissioner of Social Security	Government	judge	Feb. 7, 2020

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