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).

Opinion:
UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee, v. Charles E. LAWRENSON, Appellant.
No. 8471.
United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.
Argued Jan. 9, 1962.
Decided Jan. 11, 1962.
Charles E. Lawrenson, pro se.
William O. Doub and Ronald T. Osborn, Baltimore, Md., for appellee.
Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and BRYAN and BELL, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
This is a civil action growing out of the robbery of the Mechanicsville Branch of the County Trust Company of Maryland of $28,037.00 on September 4, 1959. Plaintiff Subrogee of the Bank seeks to recover a portion of the stolen money which was taken by the F.B.I. from the Defendant’s possession on September 6, 1959. The facts are set forth at length in the opinion in the case of United States v. Lawrenson, 298 F.2d 880, decided January 9, 1962, by this Court.
We have considered the exceptions raised by the Appellant Lawrenson and find no merit in them.
The judgment of the Court below is affirmed.
Affirmed.

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)?

Choices:
Trial (either jury or bench trial)
Injunction or denial of injunction or stay of injunction
Summary judgment or denial of summary judgment
Guilty plea or denial of motion to withdraw plea
Dismissal (include dismissal of petition for habeas corpus)
Appeals of post judgment orders (e.g., attorneys' fees, costs, damages, JNOV - judgment nothwithstanding the verdict)
Appeal of post settlement orders
Not a final judgment: interlocutory appeal
Not a final judgment: mandamus
Other (e.g., pre-trial orders, rulings on motions, directed verdicts) or could not determine nature of final judgment
Does not fit any of the above categories, but opinion mentions a "trial judge"
Not applicable (e.g., decision below was by a federal administrative agency, tax court)

Answer: 9