Monica Ramirez Almadani at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Jurisdiction
- California · Federal
- Judicial service
- November 21, 2023–present
Monica Ramirez Almadani
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: President and chief executive officer, Public Counsel, Los Angeles, California, 2021-2023
- Professional Career: Visiting assistant clinical professor of law and co-director, Immigrant Rights Clinic, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2019-2021
- Professional Career: Special assistant attorney general, State of California, 2015-2017
- Professional Career: Immigrants' Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, San Francisco, California, 2005-2009; Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2005-2007; staff attorney, 2007-2009
- Professional Career: Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2012-2015
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Warren J. Ferguson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2004-2005
- Professional Career: Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 2017-2019
Judicial service
- Professional Career: 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
Education
- Stanford Law School · J.D., 2004
- Harvard University · A.B., 2001
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
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.
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 ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
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 ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked August 16, 2026
https://apps.cacd.uscourts.gov/Jps/Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts