Mississippi is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the northern and southern districts of Mississippi.
Northern District
(a) The northern district comprises three divisions.
(1) The Aberdeen Division comprises the counties of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Webster, and Winston.
Court for the Aberdeen Division shall be held at Aberdeen, Ackerman, and Corinth.
(2) The Oxford Division comprises the counties of Benton, Calhoun, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tunica, Union, and Yalobusha.
Court for the Oxford Division shall be held at Oxford.
(3) The Greenville Division comprises the counties of Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower, and Washington.
Court for the Greenville Division shall be held at Clarksdale, Cleveland, and Greenville.
Southern District
(b) The southern district comprises four divisions.
(1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Sharkey, Smith, Warren, and Yazoo.
Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Jackson.
(2) The Southern Division comprises the counties of George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone.
Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Gulfport.
(3) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, Wayne, and Walthall.
Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Hattiesburg.
(4) The Western Division comprises the counties of Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, and Wilkinson.
Court for the Western Division shall be held at Natchez.
June 25, 1948, ch. 646 62 Stat. 883 Aug. 7, 1950, ch. 601 64 Stat. 415 Pub. L. 90–9281 Stat. 229 Pub. L. 91–54684 Stat. 1412 Pub. L. 95–408, § 2(b)92 Stat. 883 Pub. L. 106–130, § 1113 Stat. 1677 Pub. L. 108–455, § 2118 Stat. 3628 Pub. L. 112–188, § 3126 Stat. 1433 Pub. L. 113–61, § 1127 Stat. 665 (, ; , ; , , ; , §§ 2, 3, , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 90 36 Stat. 1116 Feb. 5, 1912, ch. 28 37 Stat. 59 May 27, 1912, ch. 136 37 Stat. 118 Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 212 43 Stat. 882 May 19, 1936, ch. 428 49 Stat. 1362 May 8, 1939, ch. 116, § 1 53 Stat. 684 Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 170 (, ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ).
Provisions relating to the maintenance of offices by the clerks and marshals were omitted as covered by sections 452, 541 [see 561], 542 [see 561], and 751 of this title.
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 113–612013—Subsec. (b). amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) related to southern judicial district of Mississippi comprising five divisions and provided for holding court in those divisions.
Pub. L. 112–1882012—Subsec. (a). added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which related to northern judicial district of Mississippi comprising four divisions and provided for holding court in those divisions.
Pub. L. 108–4552004—Subsec. (a)(3). inserted “and Cleveland” after “Clarksdale”.
Pub. L. 106–130Provided1999—Subsec. (b)(3). , in second sentence, struck out “: , That court shall be held at Natchez if suitable quarters and accommodations are furnished at no cost to the United States” before period at end.
Pub. L. 95–4081978—Subsec. (a)(1). provided for holding court at Corinth.
Pub. L. 91–546, § 31970—Subsec. (b)(3). , provided for holding court at Natchez if suitable quarters and accommodations are furnished at no cost to the United States.
Pub. L. 91–546, § 2Subsec. (b)(4). , provided for holding court at Gulfport.
Pub. L. 90–921967—Subsec. (a)(1). provided for holding court at Ackerman.
1950—Act , created Greenville division in the northern district with terms of courts to be held at Greenville.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2013 Amendment
Pub. L. 113–61, § 2127 Stat. 665
Effective Date of 2012 Amendment
Pub. L. 112–188, § 4126 Stat. 1434
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment; Savings Provision
Pub. L. 95–408section 5 of Pub. L. 95–408section 89 of this titleAmendment by effective 180 days after , with such amendment not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on the effective date of this Act, see , set out as a note under .