Charles Neil Floyd

Immigration Judge, Tacoma Immigration Court. Appointed October 2018 by Jeff Sessions.

StrictDenies more often than the national average+11.5 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Floyd74.4%

Tacoma court78.4%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 168
Asylum granted: 31
Other relief granted: 12
Denied: 125
Against own court: -4.0 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23	FY24
68%	79%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

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 ear ned 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.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

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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.