What is Judge Zachary Godsey's background?
EOIR's notice says that Zachary Godsey was appointed in September 2026. Judge Godsey earned a Bachelor of Science in 2011 from Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctorate in 2015 from Florida State University College of Law. He is currently pursuing his Master of Laws from the University of Florida College of Law. From July 2023 to August 2026, he served as the senior supervising attorney (civilian) for the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps’ Regional Legal Service Office Southeast in Pensacola, Florida. From December 2017 to July 2023, he served in the Coast Guard’s Judge Advocate General Corps in various roles, including: government appellate prosecution (Headquarters; Washington, D.C.); special victims’ counsel (Base Alameda; Alameda, California); and U.S. Coast Guard Academy (U.S. Coast Guard Academy; New London, Connecticut). From July 2015 to December 2017, he worked as a civil litigation attorney in Jacksonville, Florida.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Zachary Godsey 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 New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.
No outcome or personal-profile claims
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