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:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. O. W. DICKERSON et al.
No. 14609.
United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.
May 12, 1953.
Ellis N. Slack, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Harry Marselli, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., William W. Crowdus, U. S. Atty., and W. Francis Murrell, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.
Jay White, W. D. Jones, Rolla, Mo., Leo Lyng, Benjamin Roth, St. Louis, Mo., J. T. Dickerson, Forrest Powell, Edmond, Okl., and Fred C. King, Rolla, Mo., for appellees.
PER CURIAM.
Appeal from District Court, 101 F.Supp. 202, dismissed, on motion of appellant.

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