Claim: John Daniel Tinder (born on February 17, 1950) was nominated to a judgeship on the United States District Court by President Ronald Reagan on June 2, 1987; and after 20 years of service as a trial judge, Tinder was nominated on July 17, 2007 by President George W. Bush to replace Judge Daniel Anthony Manion on the Seventh Circuit bench.
Evidence: John Daniel Tinder (born February 17, 1950) is a retired United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Tinder was nominated to a judgeship on the United States District Court by President Ronald Reagan on June 2, 1987, to replace Judge James Noland on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, and the United States Senate confirmed him just two months later on August 7, 1987. After twenty years of service as a trial judge, Tinder was nominated on July 17, 2007, by President George W. Bush to replace Judge Daniel Anthony Manion on the Seventh Circuit bench.