United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi


The United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit with facilities in Aberdeen, Ackerman, Clarksdale, Cleveland, Corinth, Greenville, and Oxford.
Appeals from cases brought in the Northern District of Mississippi are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is William C. Lamar.

Jurisdiction

The northern district comprises three divisions.
  1. The Aberdeen Division comprises the counties of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Webster and Winston.
The court for the Aberdeen Division is held at Aberdeen, Ackerman and Corinth.
  1. The Oxford Division comprises the counties of Benton, Calhoun, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tunica, Union and Yalobusha.
The court for the Oxford Division is held at Oxford.
  1. The Greenville Division comprises the counties of Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower and Washington.
The court for the Greenville Division is held at Clarksdale, Cleveland and Greenville.

Current judges


Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Footnotes