Task: songer_initiate

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to identify what party initiated the appeal. For cases with cross appeals or multiple docket numbers, if the opinion does not explicitly indicate which appeal was filed first, assumes that the first litigant listed as the "appellant" or "petitioner" was the first to file the appeal. In federal habeas corpus petitions, consider the prisoner to be the plaintiff.

PER CURIAM:
Appellant moved to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, alleging that he was improperly sentenced for two offenses, when in fact only one offense was involved. The offenses charged, and for which Appellant is now serving consecutive sentences, were (1) stealing a letter from an authorized mail receptacle; and (2) abstracting from the same letter a Louisiana welfare check, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1708. The District Court held that these constituted two separate and distinct offenses and therefore supported two separate sentences. We agree and affirm. Poffenbarger v. Aderhold, 5 Cir., 1933, 67 F.2d 250, cert. denied, 1934, 290 U.S. 703, 54 S.Ct. 375, 78 L.Ed. 604, following Poffenbarger v. United States, 8 Cir., 1927, 20 F.2d 42; Kinsella v. Looney, 10 Cir., 1954, 217 F.2d 445; see United States v. Gumbs, 2 Cir., 1957, 246 F.2d 441; cf. Wilburn v. United States, 5 Cir., 1964, 326 F.2d 903; Tesciona v. Hunter, 10 Cir., 1945, 151 F.2d 589.
Affirmed.

Question: What party initiated the appeal?
A. Original plaintiff
B. Original defendant
C. Federal agency representing plaintiff
D. Federal agency representing defendant
E. Intervenor
F. Not applicable
G. Not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: A