Task: songer_appel1_7_2

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 the gender of this litigant. Use names to classify the party's sex only if there is little ambiguity (e.g., the sex of "Chris" should be coded as "not ascertained").

PER CURIAM.
Anderson pleaded guilty to federal charges and was sentenced to three concurrent five year terms of imprisonment in 1965. It was further ordered “that the sentences of confinement imposed herein shall run consecutive to any confinement under which defendant is being held by state authorities.” Anderson was returned to the state authorities and was sentenced by them. He has now completed the state sentence and is in federal custody under the federal sentences imposed in-1965.
Anderson filed a motion pursuant to Rule 35, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, contending that the federal sentence commenced immediately on imposition. The sentencing court denied relief and Anderson appeals. United States v. Anderson, 279 F.Supp. 706 (W.D.Okl. 1968).
The general rule is that the time of sentence commences to run from the date on which such person is received at the place of service. 18 U.S.C. § 3568; Miller v. Willingham, 400 F.2d 873 (10th Cir. 1968); Powers v. Taylor, 327 F.2d 498 (10th Cir. 1964); Williams v. Taylor, 327 F.2d 322 (10th Cir. 1964); Hayward v. Looney, 246 F.2d 56 (10th Cir. 1958); McIntosh v. Looney, 249 F. 2d 62 (10th Cir. 1957).
Many of our cases have held that a federal sentence is consecutive to the state sentence, even when no reference is made to the state sentence, absent an ambiguity. Miller v. Willingham, supra; Hall v. Looney, 256 F.2d 59 (10th Cir. 1958); Hayward v. Looney, supra.
In his brief Anderson contends that “no court has the authority to impose a sentence consecutive to something that does not exist.” A sentence in a criminal case must be definite and certain. Freeman v. United States, 299 F.2d 752 (10th Cir. 1962); Bius v. United States, 286 F.2d 652 (10th Cir. 1961); Gibson v. Looney, 258 F.2d 879 (10th Cir. 1958); Hill v. United States, 186 F.2d 669 (10th Cir. 1951); Smith v. United States, 177 F.2d 434 (10th Cir. 1949); Wall v. Hudspeth, 108 F.2d 865 (10th Cir. 1940). Though uncertain at the time, depending upon a possible contingency that no sentence will result from the pending state charge, it will be made certain by the event. See Blitz v. United States, 153 U.S. 308, 14 S.Ct. 924, 38 L.Ed. 725 (1894); Williamson v. United States, 374 F.2d 90 (5th Cir. 1967). No uncertainty can be said to exist here for the court clearly meant the sentence to be consecutive “to any [state] confinement” under which Anderson would become obligated, thus a stronger case than Zahn v. Kipp, 218 F. 2d 898 (7th Cir. 1955) and Zerbst v. McPike, 97 F.2d 253 (5th Cir. 1938), with similar facts. Even if acquitted on the state charge, the state confinement would have ended and he would then begin serving the federal sentence.
Viewing this question in light of 18 U.S.C. § 3568 and in the light of the unanimity of conclusion reached in the cases to which reference has been made, we think it is clear that the sentence imposed by the United States District Court began to run from the date Anderson was actually delivered to federal custody for service of his federal sentence. Taylor v. Baker, 284 F.2d 43 (10th Cir. 1960).
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)". What is the gender of this litigant?Use names to classify the party's sex only if there is little ambiguity.
A. not ascertained
B. male - indication in opinion (e.g., use of masculine pronoun)
C. male - assumed because of name
D. female - indication in opinion of gender
E. female - assumed because of name
Answer:

Answer: B