For some vacancies, there are multiple nominees listed.That occurs when either nominee is withdrawn in the face of Senate inaction during a Congressional term, or where a nominee that the Senate has not acted upon by the end of Cogressional term is not renominated in the subsequent term. In both cases, we list the “action” as “withdrawn.”

For any nominee after the first nominee for a vacancy, we list the “date of vacancy” as the same date as the one on which the previous nominee was withdrawn.

It is important to note that, for calculating times in the multiple nominee circumstance, you must (yourself) add together “days vacant” and “days pending before Senate” for each of the nominees.

The “days vacant” and “days pending” information will automatically update each day, but changes in status are made only as of the most recent dateline above.

The data presented were gathered from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and from the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

Additional note: In a small number of cases, a nomination may have been made before a vacancy formally existed or a nominee may even have been confirmed prior to the vacancy formally existing. In such instances, we treat the “days vacant” or “days pending” number as zero.

The table below is a key to the codes used to describe each court.

Code key
CCA	Circuit Court of Appeals
FD	Federal Circuit
IT	U.S. Court of International Trade
PR	Puerto Rico District
VI	Virgin Islands District
All other court designations†	First two letters: standard state abbreviation     Third letter (if applicable): District within the state‡

† For example, GAN represents the Northern District of Georgia
‡ N: Northern; E: Eastern; M: Middle; C: Center; S: South; W: Western