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).

PER CURIAM:
The appellants brought this suit as a class action. Before the court reached a determination of appellants’ right to maintain this suit as a class action, the district judge ordered appellants to “amend their complaints so as to include ' as parties plaintiff all members of the alleged class who have retained counsel for the plaintiffs to represent them in these two cases.” Ten months later the district judge dismissed appellants’ suit with prejudice when appellants failed to comply with this order. Rule 41(b) F.R.Civ.P.
We agree with the order of dismissal by the district court, but vacate that part of the order making the dismissal with prejudice and remand with instructions to enter the order without prejudice.

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: E