What is Judge Charles Floyd's background?
EOIR's notice says that Charles Floyd was appointed 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 at the 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.
What does TRAC report about Judge Charles Floyd's asylum decisions?
TRAC, a research center that began at Syracuse University, reports that for FY 2021 - 2026 (data covers the first 9 months of fiscal year 2026), Judge Charles Floyd decided 168 asylum cases at Tacoma Immigration Court and denied 74.4 percent, based on its report of Aug 27, 2026. These are past figures for one court. They do not predict your case, which turns on your facts, evidence, nationality and representation, and TRAC cautions against simple comparisons between judges at different courts. Read the full report at TRAC, and talk to a lawyer about your own case.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Charles Floyd in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Tacoma Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.