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.
Appellant appeals pro se from the District Court’s denial of his motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1970). Previously he had been convicted of bank robbery on October 10, 1973, and was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment on December 10, 1973.
On appeal that conviction and sentence was affirmed by this court by order dated April 19,1974, in case Nos. 73-2167-68, and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari, 419 U.S. 855, 95 S.Ct. 99, 42 L.Ed.2d 87 (1974).
Appellant’s § 2255 motion argued two issues as to which this court granted the government’s motion to affirm the District Court’s decision in an order entered September 10, 1975. The issue which remains in this appeal pertains to appellant’s argument that when sentenced in 1973, he was eligible for sentencing under the Federal Youth Corrections Act, 18 U.S.C. § 5010 (1970), and that the court made no express finding that he would not benefit from sentencing under that Act. After the District Judge entered the sentence on December 10, 1973, this court and the United States Supreme Court both decided cases which required express findings of “no benefit” to the defendant where eligibility for sentencing under the Federal Youth Corrections Act existed and its provisions were not employed. Dorszynski v. United States, 418 U.S. 424, 94 S.Ct. 3042, 41 L.Ed.2d 855 (1974); Brooks v. United States, 497 F.2d 1059 (6th Cir. 1974).
Our concern with this case was triggered by the fact that a number of circuits have applied Dorszynski to cases which were final at the time Dorszynski was decided without, however, expressly stating that Dorszynski should be given retroactive effect. On the other hand, the Tenth Circuit has expressly held Dorszynski to have prospective effect only. Jackson v. United States, 510 F.2d 1335 (10th Cir. 1975).
On inspection of the record in this case, we find it to be peculiarly inappropriate for deciding the issue referred to above. In addition to the nature of the crime for which defendant had been convicted and the nature of the sentence thought appropriate by the sentencing judge, we take into account in this regard appellant’s prior record which was before the District Court at the time of sentencing and which was a Juvenile Court record extending from 1963 through 1968, and a continuing record in Kentucky’s Criminal Courts down to the date of the subject bank robbery. If we were to assume Dorszynski should be applied retroactively, remand for resentencing on this record would, we believe, be a meaningless gesture.
The judgment of the District Court as to this issue also is therefore affirmed.
. Sappington v. United States, 518 F.2d 28 (8th Cir. 1975); Belgarde v. United States, 503 F.2d 1054 (9th Cir. 1974); United States v. Flebotte, 503 F.2d 1057 (4th Cir. 1974); Hoyt v. United States, 502 F.2d 562 (5th Cir. 1974).

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