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The Federal Vacancy Count 11/12/2014

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



November 12, 2014

By Courtney Collins

This week's Federal Vacancy Count includes nominations, confirmations and vacancies from November 5, 2014, to November 11, 2014. Nominations, confirmations and vacancies occurring on November 12th will be reflected in the November 19th report.

There was no change 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 7.3%, and the total number of nominees waiting for confirmation remained at 34. The number of vacancies of Article III judges remained at 64 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 7.9% or 54 vacancies
International Trade 9 33.3% or 3 vacancies
All Judges 874 7.3% or 64 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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See also

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