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 Baxter Kruger.https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdms/meet-us-attorney

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 :

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

List of U.S. Attorneys The U.S. Attorney is the chief law enforcement officer for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Richard M. Gaines (1840–1850) Horatio J. Harris (1850–1859 Carnot Posey (1859–1866) R. Leachman (1866–1869) G. Gordon Adam (1869–1870) E. Phillip Jacobson (1870–1873) William E. Dedrick (1875–1876) Luke Lea (1876–1885) J. Bowmar Harris (1885–1888) A. H. Longino (1888–1889) Albert M. Lea (1889–1897) Robert C. Lee (1897) Albert M. Lea (1897–1901) Robert C. Lee (1903–1915) Joseph George (1915–1919) Julian P. Alexander (1919–1921) Edward E. Hindman (1921–1929) Ben F. Cameron (1929–1933) Robert M. Bourdeaux (1933–1938) Toxey Hall (1938–1947) Joseph E. Brown (1947–1954) Robert E. Hauberg (1954–1980)

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.

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