Task: songer_direct1

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision, coded as "liberal" or "conservative". Consider liberal to be  for the defendant. Consider the directionality to be "mixed" if the directionality of the decision was intermediate to the extremes defined above or if the decision was mixed (e.g., the conviction of defendant in a criminal trial was affirmed on one count but reversed on a second count or if the conviction was afirmed but the sentence was reduced). Consider "not ascertained" if the directionality could not be determined or if the outcome could not be classified according to any conventional outcome standards.

PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Foley, J., denying without a hearing the appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
. Appellant’s counsel conceded at the argument of this appeal that the appellant has remedies presently available in the state courts. We find this to be the fact. See People v. Adams, 12 N.Y.2d 417, 240 N.Y.S.2d 155, 190 N.E.2d 529; People v. Stanley, 12 N.Y.2d 250, 238 N.Y.S.2d 935, 189 N.E.2d 478 (1963); People v. Siena (App.Div.), 240 N.Y.S.2d 565. Accordingly, the denial of this petition is affirmed. United States ex rel. Kling v. LaVallee, 306 F.2d 199 (2 Cir. 1962).

Question: What is the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision?
A. conservative
B. liberal
C. mixed
D. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: A