United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi 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.
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
- 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
List of U.S. Attorneys
The U.S. Attorney is the chief law enforcement officer for the Southern District of Mississippi.- Richard M. Gaines
- Horatio J. Harris
- R. Leachman
- G. Gordon Adam
- E. Phillip Jacobson
- William E. Dedrick
- Luke Lea
- J. Bowmar Harris
- A. H. Longino
- Albert M. Lea
- Robert C. Lee
- Albert M. Lea
- Robert C. Lee
- Joseph George
- Julian P. Alexander
- Edward E. Hindman
- Ben F. Cameron
- Robert M. Bourdeaux
- Toxey Hall
- Joseph E. Brown
- Robert E. Hauberg