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:
J. C. SMITH, Plaintiff in Error, v. Speed MANKIN, Defendant in Error.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
November 19, 1926.)
No. 2541.
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap; Henry Clay McDowell, Judge.
R. -T. Irvine, of Big Stone Gap, Va. (A. A. Skeen, of Clintwood, Va., on the brief), for plaintiff in error.
George C. Sutherland, of Clintwood, Va. (S. H. Sutherland, C. Rufus McCoy, Roland E. Chase, S. H. & George C. Sutherland, and Chase & McCoy, all of Clintwood, Va., on the brief), for defendant in error.
Before WADDILL and ROSE, Circuit Judges, and McCLINTIC, District Judge.
PER CURIAM.
The plaintiff in error, the defendant below, has no cause to complain of the rulings of the District Court taken as a whole, and his adversary has not sued out a cross-writ.
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