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Mississippi judicial system

The structure of the Mississippi judicial system is laid out in Article VI of the state Constitution. The state court system is made up of the Mississippi Supreme Court, the Mississippi Court of Appeals, the Mississippi circuit courts, the Mississippi Chancery Court, the Mississippi county courts, the Mississippi justice courts, the Mississippi youth courts and the Mississippi municipal courts.

The federal court system is made up of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. These federal courts are part of the Fifth Circuit.

Mississippi judicial news Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 5/22/2013 By Joshua Meyer-Gutbrod For a District by District break down, see: Federal Court Vacancy Warning System The vacancy warning level for the U.S. Federal courts is currently set at Blue. There were three new confirmations this past week, leaving the final tally at 79 vacancies or approximately 9.1% of the total Article III posts currently unfilled. The vacancy information for the various court levels is as follows: Key: (Numbers indicate % of seats vacant.) 0% 0%-10% 10%-25% 25%-40% More than 40% Supreme Court 0% or no vacancies Appeals Courts 8.9% or 16 vacancies District Courts 9.3% or 63 vacancies There are currently 9 Supreme Court posts, 179 appellate court posts and 680 district court posts for a total of 868 Article III judges. This count includes four temporary posts, one each in the Northern District of Alabama, District of Arizona, Southern District of Florida and the Central District of California. This also includes two shared post between the two Missouri districts and the two Kentucky districts, which count as two posts with separate vacancies. ...more Mississippi news Mississippi courts Mississippi courts: Courts in Mississippi State appellate courts: Supreme Court Court of Appeals State trial courts: Chancery Court Circuit Courts County Courts Justice Courts Municipal Courts Youth Courts Counties: Mississippi counties Federal courts: Fifth Circuit Northern District of Mississippi Southern District of Mississippi How are judges selected in Mississippi? Judicial selection in Mississippi Mississippi judicial elections, 2012 Laws and history Mississippi Constitution Media and activism Mississippi blogs Judicial reform organizations

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