Northern District of Mississippi / Appointed 2007 / Senior status since 2025

Sharion Aycock

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and confirmed by voice vote, Sharion Aycock is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. She earned a law degree from Mississippi College School of Law in 1980. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born
1955 · age 71
Appointed by
George W. Bush, 2007
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
Mississippi State 1977 · Mississippi College Law 1980

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2007Northern District of MississippiG.W. Bush (R)Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Aycock was assigned 2,324 district-court cases (1966–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 237 days across 2,011 closed cases.

Other civil matters39%
Personal-injury torts15%
Civil rights13%
Contract10%
Prisoner & habeas9%
Other federal statutes3%
Other12%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 217 of Aycock’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 164 were affirmed, 29 reversed or vacated, and 24 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Aycock authored 19 published opinions for the court (2008–2012). Most cited: Carpenter v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (8 citations).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

YearCaseCitationCited
2011Carpenter v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY807 F. Supp. 2d 5708
2010Hood Ex Rel. Mississippi v. Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP744 F. Supp. 2d 5908
2009Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Tedford644 F. Supp. 2d 7538
2011United States Ex Rel. Jamison v. McKesson Corp.784 F. Supp. 2d 6645
2011Suggs v. Lowndes County School District804 F. Supp. 2d 5104
2009Bolen v. Adams403 B.R. 3964
2011Mitchell v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.799 F. Supp. 2d 6803
2010Hughes v. Epps694 F. Supp. 2d 5333
2008Foster v. Tupelo Public School District569 F. Supp. 2d 6673
2011United States v. Olivarria781 F. Supp. 2d 3872
2011Hollins v. PREMIER FORD LINCOLN MERCURY, INC.766 F. Supp. 2d 7362
2012Angles v. Flexible Flyer Liquidating Trust471 B.R. 1821
2011Ivy v. Oxford Municipal Separate School District799 F. Supp. 2d 6971
2010McCamey v. Epps696 F. Supp. 2d 6671
2009Shumpert v. Johnson621 F. Supp. 2d 3871

Showing the 15 most-cited of 19 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Sharion Aycock?
President George W. Bush appointed Sharion Aycock to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in 2007.
Was Sharion Aycock appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Sharion Aycock was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Sharion Aycock's confirmation vote?
Sharion Aycock was confirmed by voice vote on October 4, 2007. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Sharion Aycock on?
Sharion Aycock is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

Sources

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18 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).