Task: songer_habeas

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine whether the case was an appeal of a decision by the district court on a petition for habeas corpus. A state habeas corpus case is one in which a state inmate has petitioned the federal courts.

PER CURIAM.
This was an action by the plaintiff in error for alleged malicious prosecution. Nothing is presented for review, except rulings of the court on objections to evidence. We think that each of those rulings obviously is either so free from error or nonprejudicial that no more need be said than that none of them involved reversible error. The judgment is affirmed.

Question: Was the case an appeal of a decision by the district court on a petition for habeas corpus?
A. no
B. yes, state habeas corpus (criminal)
C. yes, federal habeas corpus (criminal)
D. yes, federal habeas corpus relating to deportation
Answer:

Answer: A