Angela C. C. Viramontes
How Judge Viramontes rules, drawn from 36 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Viramontes
Angela C. C. Viramontes became a U.S. magistrate judge for the Central District of California in January 2026 and sits in Riverside. She previously served as chief of the Federal Public Defender’s Riverside branch, representing people charged with federal offenses.
Judge Viramontes's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Viramontes, as published on the court's website (checked October 8, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
- Judge's Procedures and Schedules ↗
- ACCV- SAMPLE STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER.WORD VERSION.docx ↗
- ACCV-SAMPLE STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER_.pdf ↗
Key rules
Filing
Mandatory chamber hard copies of all e-filed documents, including social security administrative records, are not required and should not be delivered to chambers, unless requested by the Court at a later time.
“Mandatory chamber hard copies of all e-filed documents, including social security administrative records, are not required and should not be delivered to chambers, unless requested by the Court at a later time.”
Motions
An ex parte application must say in its caption whether it is opposed and whether the same relief was sought before.
“Ex parte applications shall identify in the caption whether ‘OPPOSED’ or ‘UNOPPOSED’ and shall also identify in the caption whether the relief being sought has been previously sought via ex parte application”
Discovery
Prior to filing a discovery motion, an informal discovery conference before the Magistrate Judge must be held.
“Prior to filing a discovery motion, an informal discovery conference before the Magistrate Judge must be held.”
Conferences
A request to continue a hearing should include a signed stipulation and proposed order at least three court days before the hearing.
“Continuances: To request a continuance of any scheduled court hearing, the parties should submit a signed stipulation and proposed order at least three court days prior to the scheduled hearing date.”
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 8, 2026).
- General Order 11-10: Alternative Dispute Resolution Program ↗
- General Order 19-01: Criminal Duty Matters Electronic Filing Pilot Project ↗
- General Order 20-13: Criminal Duty Matters Electronic Filing Pilot Project ↗
- General Order 18-02: Submission of Certain Prisoner Filings Through Electronic Mail ↗
- General Order 24-07: Criminal Justice Act Plan ↗
How Judge Viramontes decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Where re-detention occurred without advance process, the court treated procedural safeguards as the decisive issue.
“Having found Respondents violated Petitioner’s procedural due process rights,”
Procedural preferences
For class members covered by existing bond-hearing relief, the court limited the remedy to an individualized hearing or release.
“Respondents concede that Petitioner is a class member entitled to a bond”
Cautions
A detention claim was denied when the predicate period for the requested hearing had not yet elapsed.
“his claim is not yet ripe for judicial review.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Court ORDERS: 1. Petitioners Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Dkt. No. 1) is GRANTED.”
“the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in this action is granted”
“the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in this action shall be granted”
“the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in this action is granted”
“the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is granted”
“the Court GRANTS the Petition”
“Petitioner’s TRO Application is DENIED as MOOT.”
“the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is granted”
“the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is granted”
“the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in this action is granted”
“ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS by Magistrate Judge Angela C. C. Viramontes”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The reviewed docket reflects a concentrated immigration-detention consent program. Many recent matters remained pending, and case-level termination metadata lagged several signed judgments.
Pending matters in the official report
Reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts under the Civil Justice Reform Act, as of March 31, 2026.
| Motions pending more than six months | 0 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 0 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
How long civil cases take in this court
For the whole of United States District Court for the Central District of California, not for Judge Viramontes: median time from filing to disposition of the civil cases the court closed in the 12 months ending September 30, 2025, as reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
| Cases | Median time | |
|---|---|---|
| All civil cases closed | 15,190 | 3.9 months |
| Closed with no court action | 4,414 | 3.1 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 10,538 | 4.3 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 103 | 17.9 months |
| Closed during trial | 135 | 25.7 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 15,190 | 3.9 months |
| Sep 2024 | 15,348 | 3.9 months |
| Sep 2023 | 13,583 | 4.4 months |
| Sep 2022 | 12,887 | 4.7 months |
| Sep 2021 | 14,213 | 4.7 months |
| Sep 2020 | 14,205 | 5 months |
| Sep 2019 | 13,478 | 4.9 months |
The table leaves out prisoner petitions, land condemnations, deportation reviews, recovery of overpayments and enforcement of judgments, and reports no median for fewer than 10 cases. A district that closed a large multidistrict litigation in the period shows very large counts and long medians for that year. Source: Table C-5, U.S. District Courts (spreadsheet).
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