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# Linda F. Coleman

Mississippi ELEVENTH Circuit District Court · Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: Mississippi ELEVENTH Circuit District Court
- State: Mississippi
- Role: Circuit Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Mississippi circuit court judge serving on the Eleventh Circuit Court District, which covers Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, and Tunica counties, and has been in that role since 2016

### Education

- Bachelor’s degree in public administration from the University of Mississippi
- Mississippi College School of Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- Appointed March 10, 2016 by Governor Phil Bryant to succeed retiring Judge Johnnie E. Walls Jr., Coleman was sworn in before former legislative colleagues.
- She was re‐elected unopposed in 2016 and continues to serve.
- She served 25 terms (1992–2016), holding leadership roles such as Vice Chairman of the Penitentiary Committee, Chairman of the House Committee on Fees and Salaries of Public Officers, and Vice Chairman of the Corrections Committee.
- Admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1987, Coleman began as a staff attorney for North Mississippi Rural Legal Services in Clarksdale, later becoming its managing attorney until 1994.
- The third Black woman elected to the Mississippi House in 1991
- In 1991, Coleman was elected Democratic representative for District 29 in the Mississippi House of Representatives, defeating a long‐time incumbent.
- Date of birth: 1961-09-27
- Her jurisdiction includes Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, and Tunica counties
- She then opened a private practice representing rural Mississippi towns and served on local boards, including the Bolivar County Board of Supervisors and Mound Bayou School Board

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic media coverage

Scope: statewide

Mississippi allows electronic media coverage of public judicial proceedings in appellate and trial courts of record, subject to the rules and presiding judge control.

Evidence excerpt: Electronic media coverage of public judicial proceedings shall be allowed in the appellate and trial courts of record in this state subject to the conditions below.

[Mississippi Rules for Electronic and Photographic Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_electronicphotographic_coverage.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### presiding judge discretion

Scope: statewide

The presiding Mississippi justice or judge may limit or terminate electronic coverage when necessary to protect rights, witnesses, dignity of the court, or orderly proceedings.

Evidence excerpt: The presiding justice or judge has the discretion to limit or terminate electronic coverage at any time during the proceedings

[Mississippi Rules for Electronic and Photographic Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_electronicphotographic_coverage.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### advance notice for media

Scope: statewide

Mississippi media representatives must provide advance notice for electronic or photographic coverage under the court rules.

Evidence excerpt: Rule 5 ... requires that media representatives give at least 48 hours

[Mississippi Rules for Electronic and Photographic Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_electronicphotographic_coverage.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/ed_pubs/pubs/2026JD/JD%20and%20Court%20Calendar%202026.pdf)
- [Official roster](https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/ed_pubs/pubs/2026JD/JD%20and%20Court%20Calendar%202026.pdf)
- [Mississippi Secretary of State Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/ed_pubs/pubs/2026JD/JD%20and%20Court%20Calendar%202026.pdf)
- [Mississippi Rules for Electronic and Photographic Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_electronicphotographic_coverage.pdf)
- [Official biography source for Linda F. Coleman](https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/ed_pubs/pubs/2026JD/JD%20and%20Court%20Calendar%202026.pdf)
- [Wikidata: Linda F. Coleman](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116059333)

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