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.
_ Respondent moves to dismiss this appeal because the petitioner has not been aggrieved by any order, issued by it, to which tbe petitioner was a party. Section 25(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78y (a), 15 U.S.C.A. § 78y (a) confers jurisdiction upon the Circuit Court 0f Appeals to entertain a petition to grant a review of orders of the Commission. Petitioner agrees that, unless the letter of June 6, 1936, is an order of the Commission, the court is without jurisdiction.
On May 26, 1936, the petitioner filed a petition with the Commission asking it to amend its requirements, contained in form 10-K, so as to provide that, where registrants are common carriers by rail or omnibus and, as such, required by the laws of the state of New York to make annual reports to either division of the Department of public Seryice Commission of the state 0f New York, they may file annual financial statements not certified by independent Public accountants. In a letter of June 6, 1936, addressed to the general counsel of the petitioner, the request was acknowledge<^ an<^ tbe director of the Commission wrote: “The Commission has _ given due consideration to your application, and 1 have been directed to advise you that your Petltlon t0‘amend Item 8 of iorm 10-K and the instructions relating thereto was demed by the Commission on June 4.
No formal order was entered,
Section 25 (a) of the act (15 U.S.C.A. § 78y (a) reads': “Any person aggrieved by an order issued by the Commission m a proceeding under this title [chapter] to which such person is a party may obtain a review of such order.”
This presupposes a proceeding inter partes, between the Commission and the registrant. The letter of petitioner was merely a request to amend a rule of the Commission. It was not a proceeding within the meaning of section 25 (a). If there were disobedience in filing reports as required under form 10-K and a proceeding instituted against the petitioner and an order entered against it, petitioner might then have a right to file a petition to review in this court. But such is not this instance.
We are without jurisdiction to pass on the question presented, and the petition is dismissed.

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: B