Given the question: Facts:   - appointer: bill clinton    - predecessor: ruth bader ginsburg    - office: judge the district of columbia circuit of the united states court of appeals for      - term start: october 7 , 1994    - birth date: 16 march 1942    - name: david s. tatel    - birth place: washington , d.c. , u.s.    - alma mater: university of michigan , ann arbor university of chicago   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david s. tatel .
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david s. tatel -lrb- born march 16 , 1942 -rrb- is an american jurist who has been a judge on the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit since 1994 .