Task: songer_typeiss

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court. Choose among the following categories. Criminal and prisioner petitions- includes appeals of conviction, petitions for post conviction relief, habeas corpus petitions, and other prisoner petitions which challenge the validity of the conviction or the sentence or the validity of continued confinement. Civil - Government - these will include appeals from administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA,FDA), the decisions of administrative law judges, or the decisions of independent regulatory agencies (e.g., NLRB, FCC,SEC). The focus in administrative law is usually on procedural principles that apply to administrative agencies as they affect private interests, primarily through rulemaking and adjudication. Tort actions against the government, including petitions by prisoners which challenge the conditions of their confinement or which seek damages for torts committed by prion officials or by police fit in this category. In addition, this category will include suits over taxes and claims for benefits from government. Diversity of Citizenship - civil cases involving disputes between citizens of different states (remember that businesses have state citizenship). These cases will always involve the application of state or local law. If the case is centrally concerned with the application or interpretation of federal law then it is not a diversity case. Civil Disputes - Private - includes all civil cases that do not fit in any of the above categories. The opposing litigants will be individuals, businesses or groups.

PER CURIAM:
The Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denied the claim of Grier F. Moss for the establishment of a period of disability and to disability benefits. Upon reconsideration the claim was again denied which denial was affirmed by the Appeals Council. Later Moss filed a new application for disability benefits which application was initially denied. Upon reconsideration a hearing was conducted before a Hearing Examiner, the Examiner rendered a decision denying the claim for benefits, the Appeals Council denied claimant’s request for review and the Hearing Examiner’s decision became the final decision of the Secretary.
The district court found, on the record as a whole, substantial evidence to support the final decision of the Secretary within the provisions and definitions of the Social Security Act. Moss prosecutes this appeal from the decision of the district court.
It is the duty of the Secretary, as the trier of fact in such cases, to weigh the evidence, medical and nonmedieal, and to resolve any conflicts in the evidence in reaching his decision. This was done and we agree with the district court’s determination that the Secretary’s decision is amply supported by substantial evidence. See Ray v. Gardner, 387 F.2d 162, 164 (4 Cir. 1967).
Affirmed.

Question: What is the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court?
A. criminal and prisoner petitions
B. civil - government
C. diversity of citizenship
D. civil - private
E. other, not applicable
F. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: B