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:
Gus La Vern HILLER, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.
Misc. No. 403.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Dec. 23, 1954.
Gus La Vern Hiller, in pro. per.
No appearance for respondent.
Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and BONE and ORR, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Hiller has been sentenced on one count of an indictment to five years in prison and to four years in prison on the second count, which term is to be served on the expiration of the first. On November 1, 1954, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, which imposed sentence, denied a motion to vacate sentence or correct erroneous sentence made by Hiller. The court denied permission to appeal forma pau-peris.
He now seeks from this court permission to appeal forma pauperis. His theory is that 18 U.S.C. § 3568 prevents a federal court from imposing consecutive sentences. The exact same contention was made under the predecessor statute to § 3568 and disposed of contrary to Hiller’s view. United States v. Solomon, 2 Cir., 70 F.2d 834; accord, Parmagini v. United States, 9 Cir., 42 F.2d 721. A petition for leave to prosecute an appeal in forma pauperis is granted only when there is some merit in the appeal. Fisher v. Cushman, 9 Cir., 99 F.2d 918.
The application to appeal forma pau-peris is denied.

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