United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit _____________________

No. 16-2089

UNITED STATES

Appellee

v.

JEFFRI DAVILA-REYES

Defendant - Appellant __________________

No. 16-2143 UNITED STATES

Appellee

v.

JOSE REYES-VALDIVIA

Defendant - Appellant __________________

Before

Howard, Chief Judge, Lipez and Thompson, Circuit Judges. __________________ ORDER OF COURT

Entered: March 17, 2021

The panel has concluded that the en banc decision in United States v. Aybar-Ulloa,

(1st Cir. 2021) (en banc), has diminished the force of this circuit's precedent on the protective principle such that the panel now deems it appropriate to address appellants' contention that the government improperly deemed their vessel stateless.

The petitions for panel rehearing are therefore granted, the prior decision of the panel is vacated, and a new panel opinion will issue in due course. By the Court:

Maria R. Hamilton, Clerk

cc: Thomas F. Klumper Mariana E. Bauza Almonte Nicholas G. Smith Raymond Luis Sanchez-Maceira Vivianne Marie Marrero-Torres Eric A. Vos Liza Lorraine Rosado-Rodriguez Franco L. Perez-Redondo