Charles Neil Floyd
Immigration Judge, Tacoma Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 168
- Asylum granted
- 31
- Other relief granted
- 12
- Denied
- 125
- Against own court
- -4.0 pts
| FY23 | FY24 |
|---|---|
| 68% | 79% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 65% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Mexico (36.3%), Guatemala (6.5%), Honduras (6%), China (5.4%), El Salvador (4.2%).
Official biography
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Charles Neil Floyd to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Judge Floyd earned a Bachelor of Science in 1991 from Harding University and a Juris Doctor in 1997 from the University of Arkansas School of Law. From 2009 to 2018, he was an assistant chief counsel with Immigration Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Tacoma, Washington. From 2004 to 2009, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney atthe U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. From 1998 to 2004, he was a judge advocate with the U.S. Army in Fort Benning, Georgia and Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington. In 2016, he also deployed to Bagdad, Iraq. Judge Floyd is a member of the Arkansas Bar and the Washington State Bar.
In the record
Charles Neil Floyd appointed interim U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington
DOJ press release states Floyd was sworn in as interim U.S. Attorney and previously served as an Immigration Judge with the Executive Office for Immigration Review starting in 2018, presiding over asylum, removal, and bond hearings before moving to other DOJ and FBI roles.
Justice Department 'workaround' keeps former immigration judge as Seattle's top prosecutor
Reports that as an immigration judge in Tacoma, Floyd helped initiate a policy for immigration courts to more routinely deny bond, and that as interim U.S. attorney he has continued applying that policy despite district courts ruling it unlawful, per class-action attorney Matt Adams.
Other judges at Tacoma
Court page →About these figures. Denial rates describe outcomes in the cases a judge happened to hear, which differ by detention, nationality and representation. They are not a measure of fairness or competence. Method and sources are on the judges index.