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.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. George LEE, Appellant.
No. 23042..
United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
May 2, 1969.
Rehearing Denied June 9, 1969.
John Hansler (argued), of Comfort, Dolack, Hansler & Billett, Tacoma, Wash., for appellant.
J. S. Obenour (argued), Asst. U. S. Atty., Eugene G. Cushing, U. S. Atty., Tacoma, Wash., for appellee.
Before CHAMBERS and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.
DECISION.
PER CURIAM:
The judgment of conviction is affirmed. We find the objection to the information not well taken. Likewise, we find the objection based upon Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694, 10 A.L.R.3d 974, insubstantial. At the critical time Lee was not in custody and there was no restraint or threat to take him into custody. Further, we find on the record here no error in the receiving of evidence or in the instructions.

Question: What party initiated the appeal?
A. Original plaintiff
B. Original defendant
C. Federal agency representing plaintiff
D. Federal agency representing defendant
E. Intervenor
F. Not applicable
G. Not ascertained
Answer: