Task: songer_applfrom

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to identify the type of district court decision or judgment appealed from (i.e., the nature of the decision below in the district court).

ORDER
PER CURIAM.
It is the order of the court that for failure to prosecute the appeal in the above case with due diligence, Jeffrey M. Levy, counsel for the appellant, is assessed a penalty of $300 to be paid to the clerk of this court on or before 5:00 p. m. on June 18, 1970. Said sum is to be placed in the clerk’s deposit fund to be transferred to the clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California for further transfer to the United States Treasury.
It is further ordered that the said Jeffrey M. Levy is sentenced to the custody of the Attorney-General of the United States for a period of 30 days; however, if he complies with all orders of the court in this case, no execution will issue on this 30-day sentence.

Question: What is the type of district court decision or judgment appealed from (i.e., the nature of the decision below in the district court)?
A. Trial (either jury or bench trial)
B. Injunction or denial of injunction or stay of injunction
C. Summary judgment or denial of summary judgment
D. Guilty plea or denial of motion to withdraw plea
E. Dismissal (include dismissal of petition for habeas corpus)
F. Appeals of post judgment orders (e.g., attorneys' fees, costs, damages, JNOV - judgment nothwithstanding the verdict)
G. Appeal of post settlement orders
H. Not a final judgment: interlocutory appeal
I. Not a final judgment: mandamus
J. Other (e.g., pre-trial orders, rulings on motions, directed verdicts) or could not determine nature of final judgment
K. Does not fit any of the above categories, but opinion mentions a "trial judge"
L. Not applicable (e.g., decision below was by a federal administrative agency, tax court)
Answer:

Answer: J