Who appointed John Daniel Tinder?

President George W. Bush appointed John Daniel Tinder to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2007.

Was John Daniel Tinder appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John Daniel Tinder was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was John Daniel Tinder's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed John Daniel Tinder 93–0 on December 18, 2007.

Seventh Circuit / Appointed 2007 / Served to 2015

John Daniel Tinder

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and confirmed by the Senate 93–0, John Daniel Tinder was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He earned a law degree from Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) in 1975. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1950 · age 76
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2007
Confirmed: 93–0
Education: Indiana 1972 · Indiana Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) 1975
Succeeded: Daniel Anthony Manion
Succeeded by: Amy Coney Barrett

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1987	Southern District of Indiana succeeded James Ellsworth Noland	Reagan (R)	Voice vote
2007	Seventh Circuit succeeded Daniel Anthony Manion	G.W. Bush (R)	93–0

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

Nomination Confirmed 93–0 on December 18, 2007 · 110th Congress, Roll Call 442. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 93

44 D, 47 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 7

5 D, 2 R

Education

Indiana University	B.S.	1972
Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law)	J.D.	1975

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Tinder was assigned 9,672 district-court cases (1980–2007). Median time from filing to termination: 199 days across 9,672 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas27%

Civil rights18%

Contract12%

Personal-injury torts10%

Other civil matters6%

Other federal statutes6%

Other21%

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 44 of Tinder’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 38 were affirmed, 5 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Tinder authored 315 published opinions for the court (1988–2015). Most cited: Campbell v. Astrue (610 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2010	Campbell v. Astrue	627 F.3d 299	610
1991	Hadler v. Union Bank and Trust Co. of Greensburg	765 F. Supp. 976	363
2015	United States v. Parrish Kappes	782 F.3d 828	244
2015	Sidney Hillman Health Center o v. Abbott Laboratories, Incorpora	782 F.3d 922	238
2015	Evergreen Square v. Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority	776 F.3d 463	183
2013	Kenny Jones, Sr. v. City of Elkhart, Indiana	737 F.3d 1107	164
2014	James Hansen v. Fincantieri Marine Group, LLC	763 F.3d 832	156
2015	Jane Doe v. Village of Arlington Heights	782 F.3d 911	143
2015	Michael Stern v. St. Anthony's Health Center	788 F.3d 276	134
2014	King Ex Rel. Estate of King v. Kramer	763 F.3d 635	106
2013	Anthony Weddington v. Dushan Zatecky	721 F.3d 456	104
2015	Stephanie Miller v. City of Monona	784 F.3d 1113	97
2015	Myron Mintz v. Caterpillar Inc.	788 F.3d 673	96
2013	Miguel Gutierrez v. Michael Kermon	722 F.3d 1003	92
2013	Robert Wehrle v. Cincinnati Insurance Company	719 F.3d 840	92

Showing the 15 most-cited of 315 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 John Daniel Tinder?: President George W. Bush appointed John Daniel Tinder to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2007.
Was John Daniel Tinder appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John Daniel Tinder was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was John Daniel Tinder's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed John Daniel Tinder 93–0 on December 18, 2007.
Which court was John Daniel Tinder on?: John Daniel Tinder was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Sources

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7 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).