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.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING WITH SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING IN BANC
The appellees’ petition for rehearing and suggestion for rehearing in banc were submitted to the Court. A majority of judges having voted in a requested poll of the Court to grant rehearing in banc,
IT IS ORDERED that the rehearing in banc is granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this case shall be calendared for argument at the February 1990 session of Court. Within ten days of the date of this order five additional copies of appellant’s briefs and five additional copies of appellees briefs shall be filed and appellees will file nine additional copies of the joint appendix.

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: B