Appeals to Fifth Circuit Judges assigned 3 | Established June 18, 1838 Chief Judge Sharion Aycock | |
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (in case citations, N.D. Miss.) 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 (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 Northern District of Mississippi represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current Acting United States Attorney is Robert Norman.
Jurisdiction
The northern district comprises three divisions.
- 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 are held at Aberdeen, Ackerman and Corinth. - 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 are held at Oxford. - The Greenville Division comprises the counties of Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower and Washington.
The Court for the Greenville Division are held at Clarksdale, Cleveland and Greenville.