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The Federal Vacancy Count 1/14/2015

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January 14, 2015

By Courtney Collins

This week's Federal Vacancy Count includes nominations, confirmations and vacancies from January 7, 2014, to January 13, 2015. Nominations, confirmations and vacancies occurring on January 14th will be reflected in the January 21st report.

President Barack Obama re-nominated 11 of the 13 Article III returned nominees. Jennifer May-Parker of the Eastern District of North Carolina was not re-nominated as well as Michael P. Boggs, whose return was covered in last weeks report.[1]

The vacancy warning level remained at blue this week after no new vacancies, no new nominations and no new confirmations. The vacancy percentage remained at 5.0%, and the total number of nominees waiting for confirmation is 11. The number of vacancies of Article III judges remained at 44 out of 874. 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 3.9% or 7 vacancies
District Courts 677 5.0% or 34 vacancies
International Trade 9 33.3% or 3 vacancies
All Judges 874 5.0% or 44 vacancies

New vacancies

There were no new vacancies in the past week.

New confirmations

There were no new confirmations in the past week.

New nominations

Eleven of the thirteen nominees were re-nominated last week, with Jennifer May-Parker and Michael P. Boggs being the only nominees not returned to the Senate. Boggs' return was covered in last week's vacancy count.[1]

Re-nominations

The list of re-nominees includes those re-nominated to the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Eastern District of North Carolina

Jennifer May-Parker

After 545 days of awaiting confirmation, Jennifer May-Parker's nomination process came to an end on January 8, 2015, as President Barack Obama chose not to re-nominate her with a group of 11 other nominees.[1] Parker's nomination was twice held up by Senator Richard Burr who chose not to submit his blue slip, which allows a nominee's process to continue through the Senate Judiciary Committee, in both 2013 and 2014.[2][3] The United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina has one vacancy and the warning level remains at yellow.
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Weekly map

The weekly map is updated every week and posted here and on the Federal Court Vacancy Warning System analysis page.

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See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The White House, "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate," January 7, 2015
  2. ↑ The Progressive Pulse, "Senate confirms Biggs as federal judge in NC," December 17, 2014
  3. ↑ Huffington Post, "Letter from Richard Burr to President Obama," accessed January 16, 2014
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