--- title: "Monica Ramirez Almadani | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/monica-ramirez-almadani" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Monica Ramirez Almadani U.S. District Court for the Central District of California · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California - State: California - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-08-16 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Visiting assistant clinical professor of law and co-director, Immigrant Rights Clinic, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2019-2021 - Special assistant attorney general, State of California, 2015-2017 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2012-2015 - U.S. Department of Justice, 2009-2012; counsel to the assistant attorney general, Civil Rights Division, 2009-2011; senior counsel and deputy chief of staff to the deputy attorney general, 2011-2012 - Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2005-2007; staff attorney, 2007-2009 - Law clerk, Hon. Warren J. Ferguson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2004-2005 ### Education - Stanford Law School — J.D. (2004) - Harvard University — B.A. (2001) ### Additional information - President and chief executive officer, Public Counsel, Los Angeles, California, 2021-2023 - Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 2017-2019 - Immigrants' Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, San Francisco, California, 2005-2009 ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://apps.cacd.uscourts.gov/Jps/) - [Official roster](https://apps.cacd.uscourts.gov/Jps/) - [apps.cacd.uscourts.gov judicial profile or roster](https://apps.cacd.uscourts.gov/Jps/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [Judge Monica Ramirez Almadani](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761346) - [Judge Monica Ramirez Almadani](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761346) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/monica-ramirez-almadani", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/monica-ramirez-almadani", "name": "Monica Ramirez Almadani | KnowJudges", "description": "Monica Ramirez Almadani, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.