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, 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 Acting United States Attorney is Clay Joyner. 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 is 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 is 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 is held at Clarksdale, Cleveland and Greenville. Current judges : Vacancies and pending nominations 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 Northern District of Mississippi Mississippi, Northern District Mississippi law Monroe County, Mississippi Choctaw County, Mississippi Coahoma County, Mississippi Bolivar County, Mississippi Alcorn County, Mississippi Washington County, Mississippi Lafayette County, Mississippi 1838 establishments in Mississippi Courthouses in Mississippi Courts and tribunals established in 1838