Below are tables showing authorized positions for U.S. district judges, U.S. bankruptcy judges, and U.S. magistrate judges. While district and bankruptcy judgeships are authorized by congressional statute, magistrate judgeships are authorized by the Judicial Conference of the United States. For more detail regarding the authorization of these judgeships, see the Legislative History and Succession Chart(s) pages for each district court (see menu at right), Authorized Bankruptcy Judgeships, Authorized Magistrate Judgeships (by location), and Authorized Magistrate Judgeships (by fiscal year).
Further explanation is provided on this page where the numbers of U.S. district court judgeships for each district do not add up to the total number of such judgeships for the state. This situation occurred when Congress authorized a single judgeship to serve more than one judicial district.
Authorized District Judgeships |
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Mississippi
District |
Northern
District |
Southern
District |
Total
Judgeships |
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| April 3, 1818 3 Stat. 413 |
1
|
1
|
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| June 18, 1838 5 Stat. 247 (assigned the 1818 judgeship to the Northern and Southern Districts) |
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
| March 1, 1929 45 Stat. 1422 (authorized a new judgeship for the Northern District and assigned the 1818 judgeship to the Southern District exclusively) |
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
| May 19, 1961 75 Stat. 80 |
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
| March 18, 1966 80 Stat. 75 |
2
|
3
|
5
|
|
| July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 333 |
3
|
5
|
8
|
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| December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089 |
3
|
6
|
9
|
|
Authorized Bankruptcy Judgeships |
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| Northern District |
Southern District |
Total Judgeships |
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| July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 336 |
1 | 2 | 3 |
| April 20, 2005 119 Stat. 196 |
1 | 3 (2 + 1 temporary) |
4 (3 + 1 temporary) |
| January 14, 2019 Temporary judgeships expired |
1 | 2 | 3 |
Authorized Magistrate Judgeships (by location) |
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| Northern District | |||
| Location | Full-Time | Part-Time | Combination |
| Aberdeen | 1 (1971–1977) | ||
| Aberdeen or Oxford | 1 (1978–present) | ||
| Clarksdale | 1 (1971–1975) | ||
| Greenville | 1 (1976–present) | 1 (1971–1975) | |
| Kosciusko | 1 (1971–1977) | ||
| Oxford | 1 (1995–present) | 1 (1971–1977) | clerk-magistrate 1 (1981–1994) |
| Tupelo | 1 (1971–1977) | ||
| Total | 0 (1971–1975) 1 (1976–1977) 2 (1978–1994) 3 (1995–present) |
6 (1971–1975) 4 (1976–1977) 0 (1978–present) |
0 (1971–1980) 1 (1981–1994) 0 (1995–present) |
| Southern District | |||
| Location | Full-Time | Part-Time | |
| Biloxi | 1 (1971–1975) | ||
| Biloxi or Gulfport | 1 (1976–2005) | ||
| Biloxi or Gulfport or Hattiesburg | 1 (1996–2005) | ||
| Biloxi or Gulfport or Jackson | 1 (1984–2005) | ||
| Gulfport | 1 (2006–present) | ||
| Gulfport or Hattiesburg | 2 (2006–present) | ||
| Gulfport or Jackson | 1 (2006–present) | ||
| Hattiesburg | 1 (1971–1975) | ||
| Jackson | 1 (1977–present) | 1 (1971–1976) | |
| Meridian | 1 (1971–1976) | ||
| Vicksburg | 1 (1971–1975) | ||
| Total | 0 (1971–1975) 1 (1976) 2 (1977–1983) 3 (1984–1995) 4 (1996–2005) 5 (2006–present) |
5 (1971–1975) 2 (1976) 0 (1977–present) |
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Authorized Magistrate Judgeships (by fiscal year) |
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| Northern District | ||||||
| Fiscal Year(s) | Full-Time | Total | Part-Time | Total | Combination | Total |
| 1971–1975 | 0 | Aberdeen, Clarksdale, Greenville, Kosciusko, Oxford, Tupelo | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1976–1977 | Greenville | 1 | Aberdeen, Kosciusko, Oxford, Tupelo | 4 | 0 | |
| 1978–1980 | Aberdeen or Oxford, Greenville | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1981–1994 | Aberdeen or Oxford, Greenville | 2 | 0 | Oxford (clerk-magistrate) | 1 | |
| 1995–present | Aberdeen or Oxford, Greenville, Oxford | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Southern District | ||||||
| Fiscal Year(s) | Full-Time | Total | Part-Time | Total | ||
| 1971–1975 | 0 | Biloxi, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Meridian, Vicksburg | 5 | |||
| 1976 | Biloxi or Gulfport | 1 | Jackson, Meridian | 2 | ||
| 1977–1983 | Biloxi or Gulfport, Jackson | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1984–1995 | Biloxi or Gulfport, Biloxi or Gulfport or Jackson, Jackson | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1996–2005 | Biloxi or Gulfport, Biloxi or Gulfport or Hattiesburg, Biloxi or Gulfport or Jackson, Jackson | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2006–present | Gulfport, Gulfport or Hattiesburg (2), Gulfport or Jackson, Jackson | 5 | 0 | |||