The Federal Vacancy Count 9/17/2014
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September 17, 2014
This week's Federal Vacancy Count includes nominations, confirmations and vacancies from September 10, 2014, to September 16, 2014. Nominations, confirmations and vacancies occurring on September 17th will be reflected in the September 24th 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 6.8% and the total number of nominees waiting for confirmation remained at 28. The number of vacancies of Article III judges remained at 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
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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