United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (S.D. Miss.)
Appeals to	Fifth Circuit
Established	June 18, 1838
Judges assigned	6
Chief judge	Louis Guirola Jr.
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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, Meridian, 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 current United States Attorney, Gregory K. Davis, has been serving since April 11, 2012.^[1]

Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction (Counties): Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Davis, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff, Jefferson, 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, and Yazoo.

Current judges

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
					Active	Chief	Senior
16	Chief Judge	Louis Guirola Jr.	Gulfport	1951	2004–present	2010–present	—	G.W. Bush
12	District Judge	Henry Travillion Wingate	Jackson	1947	1985–present	2003–2010	—	Reagan
17	District Judge	Keith Starrett	Hattiesburg	1951	2004–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
18	District Judge	Daniel Porter Jordan III	Jackson	1964	2006–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
19	District Judge	Halil Suleyman Ozerden	Gulfport	1966	2007–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
20	District Judge	Carlton W. Reeves	Jackson	1964	2010–present	—	—	Obama
10	Senior Judge	William Henry Barbour, Jr.	Jackson	1941	1983–2006	1989–1996	2006–present	Reagan
11	Senior Judge	Tom Stewart Lee	Jackson	1941	1984–2006	1996–2003	2006–present	Reagan
13	Senior Judge	Walter J. Gex III	Gulfport	1939	1986–2004	—	2004–present	Reagan
15	Senior Judge	David C. Bramlette	Natchez	1939	1991–2006	—	2006–present	G.H.W. Bush

Former judges

#	Judge	State	Born–died	Active service	Chief Judge	Age at appointment	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Adams, GeorgeGeorge Adams	MS	1784–1844	1838[2]	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Jackson, Jackson	resignation
2	Gholson, Samuel J.Samuel J. Gholson	MS	1808–1883	1839–1861	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Van Buren, Van Buren	resignation
3	Hill, Robert AndrewsRobert Andrews Hill	MS	1811–1900	1866–1891	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Johnson, A.A. Johnson	retirement
4	Niles, Henry ClayHenry Clay Niles	MS	1850–1918	1891[3]–1918	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Harrison, B.B. Harrison	death
5	Holmes, Edwin R.Edwin R. Holmes	MS	1878–1961	1918–1936	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Wilson, Wilson	reappointment
6	Mize, Sidney CarrSidney Carr Mize	MS	1888–1965	1937–1965	1961–1962	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Roosevelt, F.F. Roosevelt	death
7	Cox, William HaroldWilliam Harold Cox	MS	1901–1988	1961–1982	1962–1971	{{{age at appointment}}}	1982–1988	Kennedy, Kennedy	death
8	Russell Jr., Dan MonroeDan Monroe Russell Jr.	MS	1913–2011	1965–1983	1971–1982	{{{age at appointment}}}	1983–2011	Johnson, L.L. Johnson	death
9	Nixon Jr., Walter LouisWalter Louis Nixon Jr.	MS	1928–present	1968–1989	1982–1989	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Johnson, L.L. Johnson	removal[Note 1]
14	Pickering, Charles W.Charles W. Pickering	MS	1937–present	1990–2004	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Bush, G.H.W.G.H.W. Bush	reappointment

1. Impeached and convicted

Succession of seats

Seat 1 Seat reassigned from District of Mississippi on June 18, 1838 by 5 Stat. 247 (concurrent with Southern District) Adams 1838–1838 Gholson 1839–1861 Hill 1866–1891 Niles 1892–1918 Holmes 1918–1936 Seat reassigned solely to Southern District on March 1, 1929 by 45 Stat. 1422 Mize 1937–1965 Russell, Jr. 1965–1983 Lee 1984–2006 Jordan III 2006–present

Seat 2 Seat established on May 19, 1961 by 75 Stat. 80 Cox 1961–1982 Barbour, Jr. 1983–2006 Reeves 2010–present

Seat 3 Seat established on May 18, 1966 by 80 Stat. 75 Nixon, Jr. 1968–1989 Pickering, Sr. 1990–2004 Starrett 2004–present

Seat 4 Seat established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333 Wingate 1985–present

Seat 5 Seat established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333 Gex III 1986–2004 Guirola, Jr. 2004–present

Seat 6 Seat established on December 1, 1990 by 104 Stat. 5089 Bramlette 1991–2006 Ozerden 2007–present

See also

• Courts of Mississippi
• List of United States federal courthouses in Mississippi

Notes

1. "Office of the United States Attorneys". Executive Office for United States Attorneys. United States Department of Justice. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
2. Initially appointed to the District of Mississippi in 1836 by Andrew Jackson; reassigned to both the Northern District of Mississippi and the Southern District of Mississippi in 1838.
3. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 10, 1891, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 11, 1892, and received commission on January 11, 1892.

External links

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