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# Linda R. Anderson

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi · U.S. Magistrate Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
- State: Mississippi
- Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- She was honored at a retirement reception in January 2021 and remembered as “the embodiment of the American Dream” for rising from rural Holmes County to a respected federal judge
- U.S. Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, serving from 2006 until her retirement in January 2021

### Education


### Additional information

- Magistrate, District Court, S.D. Mississippi, 2006-present
- She held the role of a U.S. Magistrate Judge until retiring on January 4, 2021.
- Joined the federal bench on July 12, 2006 by the judges of the Southern District of Mississippi to a renewable eight‐year term.
- The U.S. Courts website lists her as a retired federal judge United States Courts

## 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.courtlistener.com/person/9345/linda-r-anderson/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9345/linda-r-anderson/)
- [U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9345/linda-r-anderson/)
- [Mississippi Rules for Electronic and Photographic Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_electronicphotographic_coverage.pdf)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9345/linda-r-anderson/)
- [Notice for Appointment of Magistrate Judge replacing Linda R. Anderson](https://www.mssd.uscourts.gov/sites/mssd/files/Notice%20for%20magistrate%20judge%20position%20replacing%20Anderson.pdf)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9345/linda-r-anderson/)

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