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Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 10/30/2013
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October 30, 2013
The vacancy warning level remains at yellow this week as there were no changes in the judiciary, keeping the vacancy percentage at 10.5%. There were no new nominations or confirmations this week, allowing the total number of nominees waiting for confirmation to remain at 50. There were no new vacancies this week, keeping the total number of vacancies of Article III judges at 91 out of 865. A breakdown of the vacancies on each level can be found in the table below. For a more detailed look at the vacancies on the federal courts, see our Federal Court Vacancy Warning System.
Example tables
| Court | # of Seats | Vacancies |
| Supreme Court | 9 | 0% or no vacancies |
| Appeals Courts | 179 | 9.5% or 17 vacancies |
| District Courts | 677 | 10.9% or 74 vacancies |
| All Judges | 865 | 10.5% or 91 vacancies |
Article I news
Article I courts are not counted in the vacancy count, and therefore do not affect it.
Article I nominations
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Kevin A. Ohlson
| On October 16, 2013, Kevin A. Ohlson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Ohlson spent more than two years awaiting a confirmation from the Senate as he was nominated on September 14, 2011. Leading up to his confirmation Ohlson was the Chief of the Professional Misconduct Review Unit in the United States Department of Justice, a position in which he served from 2011 until his confirmation. Ohlson also served in the U.S. Army during the Persian Gulf War where he received a Bronze Star. His education includes a B.A. from Washington and Jefferson College and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.[1] His confirmation removes the only vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. The vacancy level for this court has changed from yellow to green. | 
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New vacancies
There were no new vacancies in the past week.
New confirmations
There were no new confirmations in the past week.
New nominations
There were no new nominations in the past week.
Weekly map
The weekly map is updated every week and posted here and on the vacancy warning level analysis page.
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See also
Footnotes
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