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Federal Vacancy Warning System: 2015

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(Numbers indicate % of seats vacant.)
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Among life-term federal judicial positions, at the start of 2015 there were 43 vacancies, or 4.94 percent. Over the course of the year that number rose to 70 vacancies, or 8.04 percent of life-term federal judicial positions.[1][2]

In 2015, President Barack Obama made 42 nominations to life-term federal judicial positions under Article III. President Obama made two nominations to seats on federal appeals courts, four nominations to seats on the United States Court of International Trade, and 36 nominations to seats on federal district courts.

Note: this analysis only includes judicial positions in which confirmed nominees serve a life term. All other federal judicial positions are excluded from this analysis. In 2015, there were 870 such positions.

Vacancies 2015

Total vacancies

Among life-term federal judicial positions, at the start of 2015 there were 43 vacancies, or 4.94 percent. Over the course of the year that number rose to 70 vacancies, or 8.04 percent of life-term federal judicial positions.[1][2]

The table below is a list of judges who vacated their seats in 2015.


Nominations 2015

In 2015, President Barack Obama made 42 nominations to life-term federal judicial positions under Article III. President Obama made two nominations to seats on federal appeals courts, four nominations to seats on the United States Court of International Trade, and 36 nominations to seats on federal district courts.

The table below is a list of judges who were nominated to their seats in 2015.


Confirmations 2015

The United States Senate confirmed 11 nominees in 2015. There was one confirmed nominee to a federal appellate court, Judge Kara Farnandez Stoll of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and 10 district court confirmations.

The following judges were confirmed in 2015.


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