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:
Joseph BYRNES, Appellant, v. Joseph W. SANFORD, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, Appellee.
No. 9392.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 13, 1940.
Joseph Byrnes, in pro per.
Lawrence S. Camp, U. S.- Atty., and Harvey H. Tisinger and Jas. T. Manning, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Atlanta, Ga., for appel-lee.
Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
The judgment 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: 1