Task: songer_appel1_7_5

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Intervenors who participated as parties at the courts of appeals should be counted as either appellants or respondents when it can be determined whose position they supported. For example, if there were two plaintiffs who lost in district court, appealed, and were joined by four intervenors who also asked the court of appeals to reverse the district court, the number of appellants should be coded as six.
When coding the detailed nature of participants, use your personal knowledge about the participants, if you are completely confident of the accuracy of your knowledge, even if the specific information is not in the opinion. For example, if "IBM" is listed as the appellant it could be classified as "clearly national or international in scope" even if the opinion did not indicate the scope of the business. 

Your task concerns the first listed appellant. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "natural person (excludes persons named in their official capacity or who appear because of a role in a private organization)". Your task is to determine which of these categories best describes the income of the litigant. Consider the following categories: "not ascertained", "poor + wards of state" (e.g., patients at state mental hospital; not prisoner unless specific indication that poor), "presumed poor" (e.g., migrant farm worker), "presumed wealthy" (e.g., high status job - like medical doctors, executives of corporations that are national in scope, professional athletes in the NBA or NFL; upper 1/5 of income bracket), "clear indication of wealth in opinion", "other - above poverty line but not clearly wealthy" (e.g., public school teachers, federal government employees)." Note that "poor" means below the federal poverty line; e.g., welfare or food stamp recipients. There must be some specific indication in the opinion that you can point to before anyone is classified anything other than "not ascertained". Prisoners filing "pro se" were classified as poor, but litigants in civil cases who proceed pro se were not presumed to be poor. Wealth obtained from the crime at issue in a criminal case was not counted when determining the wealth of the criminal defendant (e.g., drug dealers).

PER CURIAM:
Appellant filed a complaint, naming but one defendant: The United States of America. In the complaint, appellant charges unnamed defendants “acting under the authority of State law, entered into a contract equitably secured on the part of plaintiff (Welfare and Institutional Code of California) in payment for partial dentures, eyeglasses, laundry services, body brace and orthopedic shoes, and adequate O.A.I. monthly benefits due plaintiff.” Appellant further alleges “beauty care was completely abolished by defendants.” (Italics by the Court.)
In a second cause of action in negligence, appellant alleges defendants defrauded plaintiff of her right to partial dentures. Appellant moved in the court below from judgment on the pleadings, and appellee moved to dismiss the complaint. The action was dismissed “on the ground this Court lacks jurisdiction of the subject matter and plaintiff states no claim upon which relief can be granted.”
The complaint is ambiguous, uncertain and verbose. Rule 8(a) (1).; Rule 8(e) (1); Rule 10(a). The court has no jurisdiction over the alleged claim. Rule 12(b) (1). The complaint states no claim upon which relief can be granted, Rule 12(b) (6).
The dismissal is affirmed.

Question: This question concerns the first listed appellant. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "natural person (excludes persons named in their official capacity or who appear because of a role in a private organization)". Which of these categories best describes the income of the litigant?
A. not ascertained
B. poor + wards of state
C. presumed poor
D. presumed wealthy
E. clear indication of wealth in opinion
F. other - above poverty line but not clearly wealthy
Answer:

Answer: A