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James Donald Maxwell, II
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 46Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- September 2, 2025
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 3, 2025
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 20, 2025
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 46
- Confirmed
- December 9, 2025
- Commissioned
- December 18, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1975, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Jackson, Mississippi, 2001-2002
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Criminal Division, Northern District of Mississippi, 2002-2009
- Judge, Mississippi Court of Appeals, 2009-2015
- Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court, 2016-2025
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