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:
Joseph Mastrianni was convicted on two counts of selling heroin hydrochloride not in pursuance of a written order form issued in blank by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate, such order form being required by 26 U.S.C. section 4705(a). The trial was before Judge Timbers and a jury, and appellant was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on each count, the terms to run concurrently; in addition, Mastrian-ni was fined $5,000.00 on the first count. The only issue presented on this appeal is whether the order form requirements of 26 U.S.C. section 4705(a) compel disclosure of incriminating information in violation of the Fifth Amendment. This question, presented in almost identical terms, has been resolved against appellant’s position in this Circuit. United States v. Minor, 398 F.2d 511 (2d Cir. 1968), cert. granted 395 U.S. 932, 89 S.Ct. 2000, 23 L.Ed.2d 447 (1969). See also United States v. Matos, 409 F.2d 1245 (2d Cir. 1969); United States v. Morales, 406 F.2d 1135 (2d Cir. 1969); United States v. Oliveros, 398 F.2d 349 (2d Cir. 1968). We adhere to the reasoning of the Minor decision.
Affirmed.

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