Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision.  Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. You should write an incorrect option. Even though there exist multiple wrong answers, we only need a single wrong answer. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.
Problem:actual or constructive knowledge of the deceptive nature of its conduct, and (3) the extent to which the purposes of the limitations period have been satisfied. Santa Maria, 202 F.3d at 1176 (citing Naton v. Bank of Cal., 649 F.2d 691, 696 (9th Cir.1981)). Equitable estoppel, then, may come into play “if the defendant takes active steps to prevent the plaintiff from suing in time” — a situation that the Seventh Circuit terms “fraudulent concealment.” Id. at 1176-77 (citing Cada v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 920 F.2d 446, 450-51 (7th Cir.1990)). “Fraudulent concealment necessarily requires active conduct by a defendant, above and beyond the wrongdoing upon which the plaintiffs claim is filed, to prevent the plaintiff from suing in time.” Id at 1177; accord Boyd, 752 F.2d at 414 (<HOLDING>). B. Johnson’s Failure to Seek Counseling 
 Holding statements: (A) holding an evidentiary hearing on the applicability of equitable estoppel (B) recognizing difference between tolling and equitable estoppel (C) holding that estoppel was a question of fact (D) recognizing cause of action for equitable estoppel under erisa (E) holding that equitable estoppel did not apply because boyd was not affirmatively misled by a postal service official
Solution:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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holding an evidentiary hearing on the applicability of equitable estoppel