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:
James H. THOMPSON and Mrs. La Vaye Thompson, Appellants, v. James T. STAPLES, Robert Kenneth Staples, Bob & Jake’s Steak House, Inc., and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, Appellees.
No. 21495.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 18, 1965.
Rehearing Denied March 16, 1965.
Sylvia Roberts and H. Alva Brumfield, Baton Rouge, La., for appellants.
Maurice J. Wilson and Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, La., for appellees.
Before WISDOM and GEWIN, Circuit Judges, and BOOTLE, District Judge.
PER CURIAM.
On December 9, 1961, plaintiff-appellant Mrs. Thompson sustained personal injuries when she slipped on the floor of a restaurant operated by the Staples. She and her husband instituted suit on January 8, 1964, against the Staples and their insurer to recover damages for her injui’ies. The complaint was filed approximately one year and thirty days, after the running of the one-year Louisiana prescription for damages “resulting from offenses or quasi offenses.” The plaintiffs sought to avoid the prescription statute by alleging that an insurance-adjuster representing appellee Fireman’s Fund had, by his actions and words,, made deliberate misrepresentations, detailed in the complaint, which led Mrs. Thompson reasonably to believe that the-insux’ance company fully intended to settle her claim. She asserted that these misrepresentations were the sole cause of her failux'e to obtain legal counsel or otherwise take action during the year prior to the running of the period of prescription. The trial court gx-anted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failux’e to state a claim on which relief could be granted, and the-plaintiffs appeal.
Since jurisdiction in this caséis based solely on diversity of citizenship, we are bound to apply the substantive law of Louisiana. Erie R. R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938). We agree with the-trial court’s conclusion that plaintiffs” allegations do not set forth a claim for avoidance of the px'escription statute under the Louisiana decisions. See Green v. Grain Dealers Mutual Ins. Co., (La. App.1962) 144 So.2d 685; Ayres v. New York Life Ins. Co., 219 La. 945, 54 So.2d 409, 411-412 (1951). The judgment is. therefore affirmed.
. Art. 3536, LSA-Civ.Cocle.

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: 3