What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Intervenors who participated as parties at the courts of appeals should be counted as either appellants or respondents when it can be determined whose position they supported. For example, if there were two plaintiffs who lost in district court, appealed, and were joined by four intervenors who also asked the court of appeals to reverse the district court, the number of appellants should be coded as six.
When coding the detailed nature of participants, use your personal knowledge about the participants, if you are completely confident of the accuracy of your knowledge, even if the specific information is not in the opinion. For example, if "IBM" is listed as the appellant it could be classified as "clearly national or international in scope" even if the opinion did not indicate the scope of the business. 

Your task concerns the second listed appellant. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "natural person (excludes persons named in their official capacity or who appear because of a role in a private organization)". Your task is to determine the gender of this litigant. Use names to classify the party's sex only if there is little ambiguity (e.g., the sex of "Chris" should be coded as "not ascertained").

Opinion:
Jeffrey T. BEAL, a Minor, by His Parents and Guardians, Robert T. Beal and Jessie Beal, and Robert T. Beal and Jessie Beal in Their Own Right, Petitioners, v. Joseph SCHUL, Respondent, Honorable Ralph C. BODY, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Nominal Respondent.
No. 16784.
United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.
Submitted on Petition for Writ of Mandamus Aug. 17, 1967.
Decided Oct. 3, 1967.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 20, 1967.
Stephen M. Feldman, Feldman & Feldman, Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioners.
Hugh M. Odza, Wissow & Odza, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.
Before KALODNER and SEITZ, Circuit Judges, and COHEN, District Judge.
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM:
Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of mandamus to the Honorable-Ralph C. Body, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Nominal Respondent, in the above entitled ease, it is ordered that plaintiffs’ petition for a writ of mandamus be and it hereby is denied.

Question: This question concerns the second listed appellant. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "natural person (excludes persons named in their official capacity or who appear because of a role in a private organization)". What is the gender of this litigant?Use names to classify the party's sex only if there is little ambiguity.

Choices:
not ascertained
male - indication in opinion (e.g., use of masculine pronoun)
male - assumed because of name
female - indication in opinion of gender
female - assumed because of name

Answer: 2