Ruth Bermudez Montenegro

Ruth Bermudez Montenegro
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Assumed office
March 30, 2022
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byJohn A. Houston
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
In office
August 15, 2018  March 30, 2022
Judge of the Imperial County Superior Court
In office
January 2, 2015  2018
Appointed byJerry Brown
In office
March 6, 2012  January 7, 2013
Appointed byJerry Brown
Preceded byBarrett J. Foerster
Succeeded byL. Brooks Anderholt
Personal details
Born
Ruth Parra Bermudez

1967 (age 5758)
Brawley, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationImperial Valley College (AA) Clarion University of Pennsylvania (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (JD)

Ruth Bermudez Montenegro (née Ruth Parra Bermudez, born 1967) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California since 2022. She served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2018 to 2022.