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:
John T. MEEHAN, Public Administrator, County of The Bronx, State of New York, as Administrator of the Estate of Mathew Feeley, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 68, Docket 25729.
United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.
Argued Nov. 17, 1959.
Decided Dec. 3, 1959.
Elaine F. Friedman, New York City (Bernard C. Pizzitola, Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.
Charles T. Beeching, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (S. Hazard Gillespie, Jr., U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.
Before MAGRUDER, MEDINA and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed on the opinion of Judge Noonan, filed March 12, 1959, 180 F.Supp. 171.

Question: What party initiated the appeal?

Choices:
Original plaintiff
Original defendant
Federal agency representing plaintiff
Federal agency representing defendant
Intervenor
Not applicable
Not ascertained

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