What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the disposition by the court of appeals of the decision of the court or agency below; i.e., how the decision below is "treated" by the appeals court. That is, the basic outcome of the case for the litigants, indicating whether the appellant or respondent "won" in the court of appeals.

Opinion:
TAYLOR v. UNITED STATES.
No. 12453.
United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
March 24, 1950.
Further Rehearing Denied May 23, 1950.
Earl W. Taylor, in pro. per., for appellant.
Frank J. Hennessy, U. S. Atty., Robert B. McMillan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Walter M. Campbell, J., Atty., Office of Chief Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.
Before STEPHENS, HEALY and BONE, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
This appeal is from the district court’s order denying appellant’s motion to correct and reduce his claimed illegal sentence. Appellee has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the issues presented have heretofore been adjudicated by this court. It appears that the only genuine issue raised on this appeal concerns the sufficiency of the indictment under which appellant was convicted and sentenced upon his plea of guilty. In Taylor v. Squier, 9 Cir., 179 F.2d 640 (rehearing denied February 9, 1950), we held that the indictment sufficiently charged a violation of 26 U.S. C. A. § 145(b).
Appellant contends that this appeal raises other and new issues which were not presented on his former appeals. Taylor here presents lengthy arguments which are a mere repetition of arguments made on previous appeals. They are entirely devoid of merit. They are neither “new” nor do they present justiciable issues.
Appellee’s motion to dismiss the appeal is granted.
Appeal dismissed.

Question: What is the disposition by the court of appeals of the decision of the court or agency below?

Choices:
stay, petition, or motion granted
affirmed; or affirmed and petition denied
reversed (include reversed & vacated)
reversed and remanded (or just remanded)
vacated and remanded (also set aside & remanded; modified and remanded)
affirmed in part and reversed in part (or modified or affirmed and modified)
affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded; affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded
vacated
petition denied or appeal dismissed
certification to another court
not ascertained

Answer: 8