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.
This petition for a “writ of certiorari”-should be denied for several reasons:
1. We assume t-hat the petitioner means to bring a proceeding in habeas corpus, since certiorari would have no application in a case of this kind. The petition,, however, is addressed to this court, which; does not issue a writ of habeas corpus except in aid of its appellate jurisdiction. The petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, on the other hand, is addressed to the “Chief Justice and Justices” of this-court.
The petitioner was unsuccessful in. his effort to get habeas corpus in the state court and in the court below, but he did not appeal. The district court declined to let him proceed in forma pauperis, and the petitioner’s efforts to get habeas corpus from that court ended at that point.
2. The petitioner has not exhausted his state remedies. He has not triedcoram nobis. He erroneously asserts that such writ is not open to him because “the errors set forth were known to the court at time judgment and sentence was [sic] pronounced.” This is not correct. The petitioner pleaded guilty in the state court, and none of the points he now urges were raised, and therefore none were adjudicated.
The petition is denied.

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