The Federal Vacancy Count 10/15/2014
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October 15, 2014
This week's Federal Vacancy Count includes nominations, confirmations and vacancies from October 8, 2014, to October 14, 2014. Nominations, confirmations and vacancies occurring on October 8th will be reflected in the October 15th report.
There were no changes in the federal judiciary this week.
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 7.2% and the total number of nominees waiting for confirmation remained at 34. The number of vacancies of Article III judges remained at 63 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 | 7.8% or 53 vacancies |
International Trade | 9 | 33.3% or 3 vacancies |
All Judges | 874 | 7.2% or 63 vacancies |
New vacancies
There were no new vacancies this week.
New confirmations
There were no new confirmations this week.
New nominations
There were no new nominations this 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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