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 sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Kewalramani
Hemant H. Kewalramani served as a United States magistrate judge for the Central District of California in Riverside from August 2017 through August 2025. Before joining the court, he practiced patent litigation and served as a federal prosecutor. He earned degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and Baylor University.
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.
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.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Kewalramani was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of March 31, 2025.
| 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 | 1 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 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.
A historical record
Judge Kewalramani no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.