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The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (in
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s, S.D. Miss.) is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit with facilities in Gulfport,
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, Natchez, and
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. Appeals from cases brought in the Southern District of Mississippi are taken to the
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claims and claims against the U.S. government under the
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, which are appealed to the
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). The United States attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. the Acting United States attorney is Patrick Lemon.


Counties under jurisdiction

* Adams * Amite * Claiborne * Clarke * Copiah * Covington *
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* Issaquena *
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* Jefferson *
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* Jones * Kemper * Lamar *
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* 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 The following is a list of all current judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total ...
* 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.


External links


U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
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