Judge Charles Neil Floyd (Tacoma, WA) approved 22.7% of decisions at final hearings over 5 years — 309 such decisions in total. National average: 34.9%. Average in this court: 19.4%.
This judge's approval rate is 12.2 pp lower than the national average and 3.3 pp higher than the court average.
At final hearings with this judge, applicants with an attorney were approved in 36.7% of decisions, without an attorney — in 5.7%. 54.7% of applicants had an attorney.
Over 5 years, judge Charles Neil Floyd completed 1,577 cases. Decisions at the final hearing (approval or denial): 309; the rest are decisions at preliminary hearings, in-absentia removals, denials without a hearing, closed, terminated and other cases.
The median time from the start of a case to the decision with this judge is 8 mo.: half of the cases are decided faster, half take longer.
In absentia (the person did not come to the hearing), removal was ordered in 27.6% of all cases; without a merits hearing (pretermission), 0.3% were denied. These cases are not part of the approval rate.
Tacoma, WA. Court page lists all judges of this court and their approval rates.
This is EOIR data (Executive Office for Immigration Review, US Department of Justice) released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as of September 30, 2026. How the figures are calculated — see “How we calculate”.
Floyd, Charles Neil, immigration judge (Tacoma, WA). Asylum and other protection-from-removal approval rate at final hearings over 5 years: 22.7%, with 309 such decisions. National average: 34.9%. Court average: 19.4%. Share of applicants with an attorney: 54.7%.
