The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (in case citations, S.D. Miss.) is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit with facilities in Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Natchez, and Jackson.
Appeals from cases brought in the Southern District of Mississippi are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The United States attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. the United States attorney is Todd Gee.
Counties under jurisdiction
Adams
Amite
Claiborne
Clarke
Copiah
Covington
Forrest
Franklin
George
Greene
Hancock
Harrison
Hinds
Holmes
Issaquena
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Jefferson Davis
Jones
Kemper
Lamar
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Leake
Lincoln
Madison
Marion
Neshoba
Newton
Noxubee
Pearl River
Perry
Pike
Rankin
Scott
Sharkey
Simpson
Smith
Stone
Walthall
Warren
Wayne
Wilkinson
Yazoo
Current judges
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Former judges
Chief judges
Succession of seats
See also
Courts of Mississippi
List of current United States district judges
List of United States federal courthouses in Mississippi
Footnotes
Further reading
David M. Hargrove, Mississippi's Federal Courts: A History. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2019.