The Federal Vacancy Count 9/10/2014
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September 10, 2014
This week's Federal Vacancy Count includes nominations, confirmations and vacancies from September 3, 2014, to September 9, 2014. Nominations, confirmations and vacancies occurring on September 10th will be reflected in the September 17th report.
The Senate reconvened this week after a five week recess. On the day of its return, the Senate confirmed Jill Pryor to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
The vacancy warning level remained at blue this week after no new vacancies, no new nominations and one confirmation. The vacancy percentage fell to 6.8% and the total number of nominees waiting for confirmation fell to 28. The number of vacancies of Article III judges fell to 59 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 | 7.4% or 50 vacancies |
| International Trade | 9 | 22.2% or 2 vacancy |
| All Judges | 874 | 6.8% or 59 vacancies |
New vacancies
There were no new vacancies this week.
New confirmations
Eleventh Circuit
Senator Johnny Isakson spoke on the floor before Jill Pryor's confirmation.
Jill Pryor
| The United States Senate confirmed Jill Pryor to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on September 8, 2014, on a vote of 97-0.[1] At the time of her appointment, Pryor was a partner at the law firm of Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP. She started with the firm in 1989 and rose to the position of partner in 1997. Pryor's career began as a law clerk for Judge James L. Edmondson of the Eleventh Circuit. She earned her B.A. from the College of William & Mary in 1985 and her J.D. from Yale in 1988. Pryor's confirmation, which came 935 days after nomination, filled a vacancy created by Stanley Birch, Jr., who retired in 2010. The confirmation removed one of the vacancies on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. The vacancy warning level fell from yellow to blue. | 
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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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