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 Acting United States Attorney is Darren LaMarca. 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 : Former judges Chief judges Succession of seats See also Courts of Mississippi List of current United States district judges List of United States federal courthouses in Mississippi Footnotes Further reading David M. Hargrove, Mississippi's Federal Courts: A History. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2019. External links U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi Mississippi, Southern District Mississippi law Biloxi, Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi Vicksburg, Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi 1838 establishments in Mississippi Courthouses in Mississippi Courts and tribunals established in 1838