The Senate has confirmed L. Felipe Restrepo to the Third Circuit. He will fill a judgeship that has been vacant since Judge Scirica took senior status on July 1, 2013, 924 days ago.

UPDATE: the vote for confirmation was 82 to 6.

Recent Third Circuit judges received their commissions within a few days of their confirmation votes, so we should have a new Third Circuit judge by the end of the week, maybe tomorrow.