United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia serves the residents of sixty-nine counties from seven divisions from its headquarters in Macon, Georgia

The Albany division serves: Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Crisp, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Schley, Sumter, Terrell, Turner, Webster, and Worth counties.

The Athens division hears cases from: Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Hart, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton counties.

The Columbus division includes: Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot, and Taylor counties.

The Macon division serves: Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Crawford, Dooly, Hancock, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Macon, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Upson, Washington and Wilcox counties.

The Thomasville division covers: Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Thomas, and Seminole counties.

The Valdosta division hears cases for: Berrien, Clinch, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, and Tift counties.

District Judges

*Chief Judge Hugh Lawson
*Senior Judge J. Duross Fitzpatrick
*Senior Judge Wilbur D. Owens, Jr.
*Judge W. Louis Sands
*Judge Clay D. Land
*Judge C. Ashley Royal
*Magistrate Judge Claude W. Hicks, Jr.
*Magistrate Judge Richard L. Hodge
*Magistrate Judge G. Mallon Faircloth