United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

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, Pittsboro, and Pontotoc. • 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==

The U.S. Attorney is the chief law enforcement officer for the Northern District of Mississippi. • Samuel F. Butterworth (1838–1841) • Oscar F. Bledsoe (1841–1848) • Andrew K. Blythe (1848–1850) • Woodson T. Ligon (1850–1853) • Nathaniel S. Price (1853–1854) • John A. Orr (1854–1857) • Flavius J. Lovejoy (1857) • G. W. Wells (1870) • Thomas Walton (1876–1878) • Green C. Chandler (1878–1885) • Charles B. Howry (1885–1889) • Henry C. Niles (1889–1891) • Mack A. Montgomery (1891–1893) • Andrew F. Fox (1893–1896) • Chapman L. Anderson (1896–1897) • Mack A. Montgomery (1897–1905) • William D. Frazee (1905–1912) • Lester G. Fant (1912–1914) • Wilson S. Hill (1914–1921) • J. L. Roberson (1921) • Samuel E. Oldham (1921–1925) • John H. Cook (1925–1929) • Lester G. Fant (1929–1937) • George T. Mitchell (1937–1942) • James O. Day (1942–1945) • Chester I. Sumners (1945–1951) • Noel H. Malone (1951–1954) • Chester L. Sumners (1954) • Thomas R. Ethridge (1954–1961) • B. Euple Dozier (1961) • Hosea M. Ray (1961–1981) • Glen H. Davidson (1981–1985) • Robert Q. Whitwell (1985–1991) • Sam J. Beckett (1991–1998) • Walter K. Locke (1998–2010) • Peter A. O'Pry (2010–2014) • Josiah M. Alden (2014–2021) • J. Clay Joyner (2021–present) ==See also==