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The Federal Vacancy Count 2/25/2015
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February 25, 2015
This week's Federal Vacancy Count includes nominations, confirmations and vacancies from February 18, 2015, to February 24, 2015. Nominations, confirmations and vacancies occurring on February 25 will be reflected in the March 4 report.
The number of vacancies continued to grow this week, as there was one transition to senior status and no other changes in the federal judiciary.
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 5.6 percent, and the total number of nominees waiting for confirmation remained at 13. The number of vacancies of Article III judges rose to 49 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 | 4.5% or 8 vacancies |
| District Courts | 677 | 5.6% or 38 vacancies |
| International Trade | 9 | 33.3% or 3 vacancies |
| All Judges | 874 | 5.6% or 49 vacancies |
New vacancies
Seventh Circuit
John Tinder
| John Tinder assumed senior status on February 18, 2015. Tinder was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit by President George W. Bush in 2007. Prior to joining the circuit court, Tinder spent 20 years as a federal judge for the Southern District of Indiana. Tinder earned his B.S. and J.D. from Indiana University.[1]
The transition created a second vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. The vacancy warning level rose from blue to yellow. |
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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
Footnotes
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