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Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 9/18/2013
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September 18, 2013
The vacancy warning level remains at yellow this week after no new confirmations by the U.S. Senate, keeping the vacancy percentage at 10.6%. There were no new nominations or transitions to senior status in the past week, allowing the total number of vacancies of Article III judges to remain at 92 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 | 11.1% or 75 vacancies |
| All Judges | 865 | 10.6% or 92 vacancies |
New confirmations
There were no new confirmations this past week.
New vacancies
There were no new vacancies this past week.
New nominations
There were no new nominations this past week.
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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See also
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