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:
On review of the record we find no error. The Order of the District Court denying the petition for the writ of habeas corpus will be affirmed for the reasons so well stated by Judge Higginbotham in his opinion reported at 242 F.Supp. 708 (E.D.Pa.1965).

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: B