United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

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The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama is the United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Escambia, Hale, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Perry, Washington, and Wilcox. It has jurisdiction over the city of Mobile.

The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is Deborah J. Rhodes.

When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown Atlanta at the Elbert P. Tuttle Federal Courthouse.

Judges

Since the court was established, 20 Article III federal judges have served on it.^[1]

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge

• Chief Judge: Callie Granade Mobile
• Kristi DuBose Mobile
• William Steele Mobile

• Nominated by George W. Bush: Callie Granade, Kristi DuBose, William Steele

Senior judges

• Charles Butler Mobile

Magistrate judges

• William Cassady Mobile
• Bert Milling Mobile
• Sonja Bivins Mobile

External links

• United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama Official Website
• US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama
• Judges of the Southern District of Alabama
• Opinions of the Southern District of Alabama

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	v • d • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
Active judges	Chief judge: Granade • DuBose • Steele
Senior judges	Butler
Magistrate judges	Bivins• Cassady • Milling• Nelson
Former judges	Bruce • Busteed • Cox • Crawford • Ervin • Gayle • Hand • Jones • Lane • McDuffie • Thomas • Toulmin • Vollmer