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The Federal Vacancy Count 1/21/2015

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Key:
(Numbers indicate % of seats vacant.)
0%0%-10%
10%-25%25%-40%
More than 40%



January 21, 2015

By Courtney Collins

This week's Federal Vacancy Count includes nominations, confirmations and vacancies from January 12, 2014, to January 20, 2015. Nominations, confirmations and vacancies occurring on January 21st will be reflected in the January 28th report.

The vacancy of Robert Miller was an error on the United States Court website. His actual transition to senior status will occur in 2016.

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 remained at 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 this week.

New confirmations

There were no new confirmations in the past week.

New nominations

There were no new nominations in the past week.

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

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