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.
Carlos Acosta Abreu filed a petition in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico under § 2255 of Title 28 U.S.C. claiming that he was entitled to release from custody pursuant to a judgment of sentence imposed upon him by Judge Clemente Ruiz-Nazario for the reason that the sentencing judge had! not been appointed to hold office during good behavior but only for a term of' years. See Title 28.U.S.C. § 134(a)-Judge Ruiz-Nazario denied the motion and Acosta filed notice of appeal and moved in the court below for leave to-prosecute his appeal in forma, pauperis-Judge Ruiz-Nazario denied Acosta’s motion finding specifically that his appeal was “ * * * frivolous, without merit and not taken in good faith * * Now Acosta has moved in this court for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.
The motion is denied for the reason that § 1915(a) of Title 28 U.S.C. in its second paragraph categorically provides: “An appeal may not be taken in forma pauperis if the trial court certifies in writing that it is not taken in good faith.”
Furthermore, the appeal is obviously wholly without any merit whatsoever and entirely frivolous.
An order will be entered denying the motion for leave to proceed in this court in forma pauperis.

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

Answer: A