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.
Alleging that Ralph H. Seipel, a registered investment adviser, had violated § 206(1, 2) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, 15 U.S.C.A. § 80b-6(l) and (2), and was about to continue to do so, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to enjoin the continuance of the acts and practices said to constitute such violations. The District Court entered a permanent injunction from which Seipel appeals.
The record fully justified the action of the District Court.
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: B