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:
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. Byron C. MEYERS, Jr., Appellant in No. 19434. Appeal of Eric DYKES in No. 19,435. Appeal of Stephen J. RUSSELL, in No. 19,436. Appeal of Edward SUBER, in No. 19,437. Appeal of Mark K. COVINGTON, in No. 19,438. Appeal of William D. ALLIE, in No. 19,439. Appeal of Julius WILLIAMS, also known as Clarence J. Williams, in No. 19,440. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. Francis BARR, Appellant in No. 19441, Tony Notts. Appeal of Tony NOTTS, in No. 19,442.
Nos. 19434, 19442.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 21, 1971.
Decided Nov. 5, 1971.
Harry F. Swanger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants.
J. Kent Culley, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Robert W. Duggan, Dist. Atty. of Allegheny County, Carol Mary Los, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.
Before ALDISERT, GIBBONS and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM:
These appeals from a remand to the state court of two petitions for removal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1443(1) present essentially the same issues previously decided by this court in Hill v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 439 F.2d 1016 (3d Cir. 1970).
The judgment of the district court will be 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