The Federal Vacancy Count 11/5/2014
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November 5, 2014
This week's Federal Vacancy Count includes nominations, confirmations and vacancies from October 29, 2014, to November 4, 2014. Nominations, confirmations and vacancies occurring on November 5th will be reflected in the November 12th report.
There was a single vacancy created this week while the midterm elections were being held.
The vacancy warning level remained at blue this week after one new vacancy, no new nominations and no new confirmations. The vacancy percentage rose to 7.3% and the total number of nominees waiting for confirmation remained at 34. The number of vacancies of Article III judges rose to 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 63 vacancies |
New vacancies
Eastern District of Tennessee
Curtis Collier
| Curtis Collier assumed senior status on October 31, 2014, after 19 years on the bench.[1] Collier was appointed to the court in 1995 by President Bill Clinton to fill a newly created seat. Collier served as the court's chief judge from 2005 until 2012. Prior to joining the court, he was an assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the Eastern District of Tennessee. Collier graduated from Tennessee State University with his bachelor's degree in 1971 and from Duke University School of Law with his J.D. degree in 1974.[2] Collier's transition created the only vacancy on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. The vacancy warning level rose from green to yellow. | 
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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
Footnotes
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