The Federal Vacancy Count 8/20/2014
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August 20, 2014
This week's Federal Vacancy Count includes nominations, confirmations and vacancies from August 13, 2014, to August 19, 2014. Nominations, confirmations and vacancies occurring on August 20th will be reflected in the August 27th report.
This week, as Congress remained on recess, there were no new vacancies, confirmations or appointments. A few more nominees moved along in the confirmation process to await a Senate vote.
The vacancy warning level remained at blue this week after no new vacancies, nominations or confirmations. The vacancy percentage remained at 6.6% and the total number of nominees waiting for confirmation remained at 27. The number of vacancies of Article III judges remained at 58 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 | 7.2% or 49 vacancies |
| International Trade | 9 | 11.1% or 1 vacancy |
| All Judges | 874 | 6.6% or 58 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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