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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Mississippi: Chief Judges
Northern District of Mississippi
Number of chief judges: 8 Clayton, Claude Feemster (1966-1967)
Keady, William Colbert (1968-1982)
Senter, Lyonel Thomas, Jr. (1982-1998)
Biggers, Neal Brooks, Jr. (1998-2000)
Davidson, Glen H. (2000-2007)
Mills, Michael P. (2007-2014)
Aycock, Sharion (2014-2021)
Brown, Debra Marie (2021-present)
Southern District of Mississippi
Number of chief judges: 10 Mize, Sidney Carr (1961-1962)
Cox, William Harold (1962-1971)
Russell, Dan Monroe, Jr. (1971-1982)
Nixon, Walter Louis, Jr. (1982-1989)
Barbour, William Henry, Jr. (1989-1996)
Lee, Tom Stewart (1996-2003)
Wingate, Henry Travillion (2003-2010)
Guirola, Louis, Jr. (2010-2017)
Jordan, Daniel Porter III (2017-2024)
Ozerden, Halil Suleyman (2024-present)