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.
Frank Tesciona has filed what he-calls a motion and petition to vacate judgment and correct sentence, addressed to this court. This court has no jurisdiction to grant such an order. The petition, however, recites that a motion was made in the lower court to correct the judgment and sentence imposed upon Tesciona by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California based upon his claim that several of the counts state but a single offense for which but a single penalty can be imposed. The District Court denied the motion on May 10, 1943 and refused to allow an appeal upon the ground that the .application was without merit, citing our ■decision in O’Brien v. Squier, 9 Cir., 133 F.2d 123.
In addition to the petition to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis a notice of appeal was filed on July 3, 1943. .The notice and petition were within the period for which an appeal could be taken. Wells v. United States, 318 U.S. 257, 63 S.Ct. 582, 87 L.Ed. —; Nye v. United States, 313 U.S. 33, 34, 61 S.Ct. 810, 85 L.Ed. 1172.
The question is whether or not an effective appeal has been taken to this court. If so, the papers now filed by the petitioner may be treated as a brief on appeal. If not, the application must be denied. Before passing upon this question we desire to hear from the United States attorney for the Southern District of California, with leave to the petitioner to reply to any showing made by the United States attorney. Brief of the United States attorney may be filed within thirty days and the reply brief within thirty days thereafter.

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