Task: songer_initiate

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to identify what party initiated the appeal. For cases with cross appeals or multiple docket numbers, if the opinion does not explicitly indicate which appeal was filed first, assumes that the first litigant listed as the "appellant" or "petitioner" was the first to file the appeal. In federal habeas corpus petitions, consider the prisoner to be the plaintiff.

PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island entered February 12, 1954, denying and dismissing appellants’ “Amended Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence,” filed under Title 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
The order of the District Court is affirmed. See opinion of Judge Gibson, United States v. Hildebrandt, 113 F.Supp. 577, denying a substantially similar motion.

Question: What party initiated the appeal?
A. Original plaintiff
B. Original defendant
C. Federal agency representing plaintiff
D. Federal agency representing defendant
E. Intervenor
F. Not applicable
G. Not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: B