Task: songer_method

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to determine the nature of the proceeding in the court of appeals for the case, that is, the legal history of the case, indicating whether there had been prior appellate court proceeding on the same case prior to the decision currently coded. Assume that the case had been decided by the panel for the first time if there was no indication to the contrary in the opinion. The opinion usually, but not always, explicitly indicates when a decision was made "en banc" (though the spelling of "en banc" varies). However, if more than 3 judges were listed as participating in the decision, code the decision as enbanc even if there was no explicit description of the proceeding as en banc.

PER CURIAM.
This petition for a “writ of certiorari”-should be denied for several reasons:
1. We assume t-hat the petitioner means to bring a proceeding in habeas corpus, since certiorari would have no application in a case of this kind. The petition,, however, is addressed to this court, which; does not issue a writ of habeas corpus except in aid of its appellate jurisdiction. The petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, on the other hand, is addressed to the “Chief Justice and Justices” of this-court.
The petitioner was unsuccessful in. his effort to get habeas corpus in the state court and in the court below, but he did not appeal. The district court declined to let him proceed in forma pauperis, and the petitioner’s efforts to get habeas corpus from that court ended at that point.
2. The petitioner has not exhausted his state remedies. He has not triedcoram nobis. He erroneously asserts that such writ is not open to him because “the errors set forth were known to the court at time judgment and sentence was [sic] pronounced.” This is not correct. The petitioner pleaded guilty in the state court, and none of the points he now urges were raised, and therefore none were adjudicated.
The petition is denied.

Question: What is the nature of the proceeding in the court of appeals for this case?
A. decided by panel for first time (no indication of re-hearing or remand)
B. decided by panel after re-hearing (second time this case has been heard by this same panel)
C. decided by panel after remand from Supreme Court
D. decided by court en banc, after single panel decision
E. decided by court en banc, after multiple panel decisions
F. decided by court en banc, no prior panel decisions
G. decided by panel after remand to lower court
H. other
I. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: A