What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to identify what party initiated the appeal. For cases with cross appeals or multiple docket numbers, if the opinion does not explicitly indicate which appeal was filed first, assumes that the first litigant listed as the "appellant" or "petitioner" was the first to file the appeal. In federal habeas corpus petitions, consider the prisoner to be the plaintiff.

Opinion:
Harvey IVY, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert H. FINCH, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 19739.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
April 16, 1970.
Emanuel Nadlin, Dayton, Ohio, for appellant.
James C. Hair, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., William D. Ruckelshaus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kathryn H. Baldwin, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Roger J. Makley, U. S. Atty., Dayton, Ohio, on the brief, for appellee.
Before WEICK, PECK and BROOKS, Circuit Judges.
ORDER
This matter came on to be considered on appeal from a judgment of the District Court granting the motion of the defendant-appellee for summary judgment, and it appearing that there is substantial evidence in the record to sustain the findings of the defendant-appellee and that his determination is not clearly erroneous,
It is ordered that the judgment of the District Court be and it hereby is affirmed.

Question: What party initiated the appeal?

Choices:
Original plaintiff
Original defendant
Federal agency representing plaintiff
Federal agency representing defendant
Intervenor
Not applicable
Not ascertained

Answer: 6