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.
The questions raised in this in rem proceeding involving an alleged lien on a vessel are well delineated in the published findings of facts and conclusions of law of the court below. We find them to be accurate and to deal fully with the issues of law and fact involved. We agree with the conclusions reached and the reasons given by the court below; and, based upon them, the judgment is
Affirmed.
. American Marine Corporation v. The Towboat Z-Fourteen, etc., 1962, W.D. La., 214 F.Supp. 849.

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: G