 On February 6, 2014, President Obama nominated Krause to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, to the seat vacated by Judge Dolores Sloviter, who took senior status on June 21, 2013.She received a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 12, 2014.On April 3, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.