Hemant H. Kewalramani

How Judge Kewalramani rules, drawn from 10 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Kewalramani no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
United States District Court for the Central District of California
Position
magistrate
Status
Retired 2025
Served
2017–2025
Commissioned
2017-08-10
Education
University of Texas at Austin, B.S. in Aerospace Engineering (1993); Baylor University School of Law, J.D., cum laude (1996)
Signed orders read
10

How Judge Kewalramani decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

Limited daily activities did not undermine claimed limitations when the claimant performed them only with breaks and assistance and the record did not show that they transferred to a work setting.

“with assistance, do not detract from Plaintiff’s credibility as to his overall disability.”

A treating clinician's functional assessment carried more weight where the clinician identified concrete observations supporting the stated limitations.

“Dr. Vu supported those conclusions by noting that Plaintiff displayed”

Procedural preferences

At the final step of benefits review, the court treated evidence suggesting fewer than 11,000 available national jobs as undermining the administrative decision.

“there are fewer than 11,000 jobs nationally”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Savanna V. Roath v. Nancy A. Berryhill
8:17-cv-01483 · 2019-01-10
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“REVERSED and this case is REMANDED”

Andrews Sandoval v. Nancy A. Berryhill
5:17-cv-01789 · 2018-09-28
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“REVERSED and this case is REMANDED”

Sheila A. Strainer v. Nancy A. Berryhill
5:17-cv-01802 · 2018-07-30
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“REVERSED and this case is REMANDED”

Victoria Stahl v. Nancy A. Berryhill
2:17-cv-06704 · 2018-10-10
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“REVERSED and this case is REMANDED”

April Collins v. Nancy A. Berryhill
2:17-cv-06795 · 2018-07-13
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“REVERSED and this case is REMANDED”

Amelia Zeladita v. Nancy A. Berryhill
2:17-cv-07046 · 2018-11-02
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“REVERSED and this case is REMANDED”

Thao Nguyen v. Nancy A. Berryhill
2:17-cv-07560 · 2018-09-26
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“REVERSED and this case is REMANDED”

Brittany R. Charlton v. Nancy A. Berryhill
5:17-cv-02192 · 2018-07-06
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“REVERSED and this case is REMANDED”

Lynnelle Avis Harris v. Nancy A. Berryhill
5:17-cv-02204 · 2018-07-20
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“REVERSED and this case is REMANDED”

Joseph Cuccia v. Nancy A. Berryhill
2:17-cv-08235 · 2018-09-20
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“REVERSED and this case is REMANDED”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

All fifteen sampled matters were consent Social Security appeals filed during the opening months of Kewalramani's tenure and later terminated. Their median duration was 345 days, with a range of 159 to 550 days. This chronological early-tenure sample does not describe his entire caseload.

A historical record

Judge Kewalramani no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.