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:
In a sparsely inhabited location about a mile from the Rio Grande Mexican border at about 8:45 on the evening of December 3, 1974, a border patrolman observed six men .of apparent Mexican origin each of whom was carrying a large sack and one of whom was wearing a pistol. They disappeared into an area covered with heavy brush. The patrolman alerted another patrolman who, about two miles away and two hours later, saw a car on an infrequently traveled road leading from the area into which the sack-carriers had entered. After following the car a short distance the patrolman stopped the car. The appellant was driving. Six others, Mexicans, were also in the car. A sack of marijuana was observed through a car window. A search disclosed other marijuana in the trunk of the car. In all 193 pounds of marijuana were found.
The appellant Canales and five others were indicted. He moved to suppress the marijuana on the ground that the search of the car without a warrant was illegal. The district court held the search valid and denied the motion. Canales was convicted of possessing the marijuana with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 841(a)(1), and of conspiring to possess the marijuana with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1). Canales has appealed, asserting error in the denial of his motion to suppress and that the evidence does not support the conviction on the conspiracy count.
The district court’s determination that the facts were sufficient to give the border patrol reasonable suspicion to stop the car is not erroneous, and since the stop was lawful and a portion of the marijuana was in plain view, the search was proper. United States v. Dixon, 5th Cir. 1976, 506 F.2d 899 [73-3910]; United States v. Lara, 5th Cir. 1975, 517 F.2d 209.
The challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conspiracy conviction need not be considered. While it may be doubtful that the evidence was sufficient to prove the conspiracy with which Canales was charged, the sentence for that offense was to run concurrently with the sentence for possession and any error as to the conspiracy conviction was harmless. United States v. Ramirez, 5th Cir. 1975, 506 F.2d 742; United States v. Strickland, 5th Cir. 1975, 509 F.2d 273.
The judgment of the district court 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)". 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