Task: songer_typeiss

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court. Choose among the following categories. Criminal and prisioner petitions- includes appeals of conviction, petitions for post conviction relief, habeas corpus petitions, and other prisoner petitions which challenge the validity of the conviction or the sentence or the validity of continued confinement. Civil - Government - these will include appeals from administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA,FDA), the decisions of administrative law judges, or the decisions of independent regulatory agencies (e.g., NLRB, FCC,SEC). The focus in administrative law is usually on procedural principles that apply to administrative agencies as they affect private interests, primarily through rulemaking and adjudication. Tort actions against the government, including petitions by prisoners which challenge the conditions of their confinement or which seek damages for torts committed by prion officials or by police fit in this category. In addition, this category will include suits over taxes and claims for benefits from government. Diversity of Citizenship - civil cases involving disputes between citizens of different states (remember that businesses have state citizenship). These cases will always involve the application of state or local law. If the case is centrally concerned with the application or interpretation of federal law then it is not a diversity case. Civil Disputes - Private - includes all civil cases that do not fit in any of the above categories. The opposing litigants will be individuals, businesses or groups.

PER CURIAM.
Appellant appeals from conviction after jury trial on 17 counts of receiving, possessing and transporting a firearm after having been convicted of a felony, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1202(a)(1) (App.1970). The District Judge sentenced defendant to one year and a day imprisonment on counts one through six, and two years imprisonment on the other 11 counts, with all terms to run concurrently. He then suspended all prison time except six months on the first six counts, with a three-year probation term scheduled to begin after the six months of incarceration.
Appellant’s appeal before this court is directed to only three of the counts referred to above, numbers 4, 9 and 16. As to them the argument is advanced that the specific weapons here concerned were “inoperable” according to the testimony of the doctor from whose house they had been stolen.
Since we perceive no basis under which our resolution of this appeal could have any effect upon appellant’s imprisonment or subsequent parole, or for that matter enjoyment of life, in view of the fact that 14 of the ,17 concurrent sentences are not under attack, in the interest of judicial economy, we decline to hear and we dismiss these appeals. See Barnes v. United States, 412 U.S. 837, 93 S.Ct. 2357, 37 L.Ed.2d 380 (1973); Ethridge v. United States, 494 F.2d 351 (6th Cir. 1974), cert. denied, 419 U.S. 1025, 95 S.Ct. 504, 42 L.Ed.2d 300 (1975).
Although no appellate issue has been brought to us on this score, the court takes cognizance of decisions of other circuits concerning the statute here at issue which hold generally that the government may not treat weapons simultaneously possessed by a felon as separate offenses related to each separate weapon. See United States v. Calhoun, 510 F.2d 861, 869 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 421 U.S. 950, 95 S.Ct. 1683, 44 L.Ed.2d 104 (1975); United States v. Kinsley, 518 F.2d 665 (8th Cir. 1975). Cf. United States v. Steeves, 525 F.2d 33 (8th Cir. 1975). We note that the 17 weapons considered in this case were stolen at one time and possessed at one time. However, since this issue has not been briefed or argued before us and the three-count sentences here involved are all concurrent, we elect to defer consideration of this issue to an appropriate case.
The opinion of the District Court is affirmed.

Question: What is the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court?
A. criminal and prisoner petitions
B. civil - government
C. diversity of citizenship
D. civil - private
E. other, not applicable
F. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: A