Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 9/12/2012
September 12, 2012
- For a District by District break down, see: Federal Court Vacancy Warning System
The current vacancy warning level for the U.S. District courts is set at Blue. There was one new confirmation this past week. That leaves the final tally at 75 vacancies or approximately 8.6 percent of the total Article III posts currently unfilled. The vacancy information for the various court levels is as follows:
| Key: | |
| (Percentage of seats vacant.) | |
| 0% | 1%-9% |
| 10%-24% | 25%-40% |
| More than 40% | |
| Supreme Court | 0 percent or no vacancies |
| Appeals Courts | 7.8 percent or 14 vacancies |
| District Courts | 9 percent or 61 vacancies |
There are currently 9 Supreme Court posts, 179 appellate court posts and 680 district court posts for a total of 868 Article III judges. This count includes four temporary posts, one each in the Northern District of Alabama, District of Arizona, Southern District of Florida and the Central District of California. This also includes a shared post between the two Missouri districts and counts it as two posts with separate vacancies.
Weekly map
The new weekly map feature will be updated every week and posted here and on the vacancy warning level analysis page.
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New confirmations
Southern District of Iowa
On September 10, 2012, Stephanie Rose was confirmed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa after a vote of 89-1.[1][2] Rose was originally appointed on February 2, 2012 , by Barack Obama to the seat vacated by Robert Pratt. At the time of appointment, Rose was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa. She was rated Unanimously Well Qualified by the American Bar Association. She had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 14, 2012 and you can find her Committee Questionnaire available here and her Questions for the Record available here.[3] The confirmation fills the only vacancy on the court of three, lowering the vacancy warning level from Orange to Green.
New nominations
There were no new nominations this past week.
See also
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