Tacoma immigration judge sworn in as interim U.S. attorney for western Washington

Peter Talbot, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) on Oct 6, 2025

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TACOMA, Wash. — Charles Neil Floyd, a judge on the Tacoma Immigration Court, was sworn in Monday morning as interim U.S. attorney for Western Washington, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

Floyd has heard immigration cases in Tacoma since 2018 and most recently was called to Washington, D.C. in March to work as special counsel for immigration enforcement in the FBI Office of General Counsel, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

His new role as the top federal prosecutor in Western Washington comes following an appointment from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The Seattle Times reported last week that Floyd confirmed President Donald Trump had asked him to take the job. Permanent U.S. attorneys are nominated by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Floyd said in a brief phone call that it was his first day on the job and he did not have time for questions. He directed inquiries to a spokesperson.

“Like many Northwesterners, I first experienced the beauty and outdoor opportunities in Washington while stationed at [Joint Base Lewis-McChord] in the late 1990’s as part of the legal staff on the base,” Floyd said in a news release.

Floyd said he made Western Washington his home in 2009 when he served as assistant chief counsel with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Tacoma, handling detention and removal proceedings. At the same time, he served in the Army Judge Advocate General Corps as a reserve officer and was deployed to Iraq for six months in November 2015. He retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2023.

He is replacing Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller, who was promoted from her position in the office as first assistant U.S. attorney after Trump ousted former Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa Gorman in February.

Representatives for the White House did not immediately have a response to a request for comment.

Floyd has a law degree from the University of Arkansas, a master’s of strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College and a bachelor’s degree from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas.

Floyd was an assistant U.S. attorney from 2004 to 2009 for the District of Columbia, according Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, and from 1998 to 2004 he was a judge advocate in the U.S. Army in Fort Benning, Georgia and JBLM. While working in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Floyd worked federal criminal cases involving violent and white-collar crimes, health care fraud, mail and wire fraud, bank embezzlement, child exploitation, immigration violations and identity theft.

He will now lead an office of about 85 attorneys and 70 support staff, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

“Assistant U.S. Attorneys enforce the criminal laws of the United States by directing investigations and prosecuting cases developed by a network of federal law enforcement agencies,” the office said in a news release.