Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 4/9/2014
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April 9, 2014
This week's Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count includes nominations, confirmations and vacancies from April 2, 2014 to April 8, 2014. Nominations, confirmations and vacancies occurring on April 9th will be reflected in the April 16th report.
The vacancy warning level remained at blue this week after no new vacancies and no new confirmations. The vacancy percentage remained at 9.8%. There were two new nominations this week, which allowed the total number of nominees waiting for confirmation to rise to 50. The number of vacancies of Article III judges remained at 85 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.
Vacancies by court
| Court | # of Seats | Vacancies |
| Supreme Court | 9 | 0% or no vacancies |
| Appeals Courts | 179 | 8.4% or 15 vacancies |
| District Courts | 677 | 10.3% or 70 vacancies |
| All Judges | 865 | 9.8% or 85 vacancies |
New vacancies
There were no new vacancies created this week.
New confirmations
There were no new confirmations this week.
New nominations
| “ | These individuals have demonstrated the talent, expertise, and fair-mindedness Americans expect and deserve from their judicial system. I am grateful for their willingness to serve and confident that they will apply the law with the utmost impartiality and integrity. | ” |
| —President Barack Obama, [2] | ||
Central District of California
André Birotte, Jr.
President Barack Obama nominated André Birotte, Jr. to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the Central District of California on April 3, 2014.[2] Birotte is the United States District Attorney for the Central District of California, a position he has held since 2010. His previous experience includes working as an Inspector General for the Los Angeles Police Department and being an Associate for the law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP. Birotte earned his B.S. from Tufts University graduating in 1987 and earned his J.D. from Pepperdine University Law School in 1991.[2] On the nomination:
The vacancy Birotte is nominated to fill was created when Gary Feess assumed senior status on March 13, 2014. The United States District Court for the Central District of California currently has one vacancy. The vacancy warning level is set at blue. |
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District of Columbia
Randolph D. Moss
| Randolph D. Moss was nominated by President Barack Obama on April 3, 2014, to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Moss has been a partner the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP since 2001. His prior experience includes working at the United States Department of Justice for five years and law clerking for Associate Justice John Paul Stevens and Judge Pierre Leval of the Southern District of New York. Moss earned his A.B. from Hamilton College, graduating summa cum laude in 1983 and earned his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1986.[2] Moss was nominated to fill a vacancy that was created when Robert Leon Wilkins was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia currently has two vacancies. The vacancy warning level is set at yellow. | 
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Weekly map
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 White House, "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States District Courts," April 3, 2014
- ↑ LA Times, "Obama taps L.A.'s top federal prosecutor for district court bench," April 3, 2014
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