Nearly eight months after Matthew Brann and Malachy Mannion were nominated to the federal bench in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, they were confirmed by the Senate unanimously late on December 21.

The two seats that Brann and Mannion fill have been open since 2009 and 2010 — they were considered judicial emergencies. The Middle District bench had been operating at half capacity until Robert Mariani was confirmed in 2011. Brann, a Republican, and Mannion, a Democrat, bring it to full strength.

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