Court Type: | district |
Court Name: | United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi |
Abbreviation: | S.D. Miss. |
Seal Size: | 150 |
Map Image Width: | 150 |
Location: | Jackson |
Location1: | Hattiesburg |
Location2: | Gulfport |
Courthouse3: | United States Courthouse |
Location3: | Natchez |
Appeals To: | Fifth Circuit |
Established: | June 18, 1838 |
Judges Assigned: | 6 |
Chief: | Daniel P. Jordan III |
Us Attorney: | Todd Gee |
Us Marshal: | Mark B. Shepherd |
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 Todd Gee.[1]