WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., announced Friday they are accepting applications from persons interested in being considered for appointment to the position of Federal District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

“Since 2011, during both Democratic and Republican presidential administrations, Senator Toomey and I have worked together to submit consensus candidates for Federal District Court seats in Pennsylvania,” said Casey. “I look forward to continuing this important bipartisan work to identify and support highly-qualified judicial candidates in Pennsylvania with the necessary experience, character and temperament for lifetime appointments to the federal judiciary.”

Toomey stated, “Since joining the Senate in 2011, I’ve worked with Senator Casey to confirm 29 qualified nominees to fill district court vacancies on the federal bench in Pennsylvania. Only two states — New York and Texas — have had more district court vacancies filled during this time.”

The senators will employ the following process to fill vacancies on the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania:

In order to be considered for a U.S. District Court Judge position in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, visit Casey’s website to fill out and submit an online application: https://casey.senate.gov/edpa

The deadline for submitting a completed application is Feb. 8.

For any questions regarding the application process, email: judiciary@casey.senate.gov and judgeappEDPA@toomey.senate.gov.