[PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ FILED U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 98-4426 ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ 03/05/99 D. C. Docket No. 97-3108-CIV-LENARD THOMAS K. KAHN CLERK ERNESTO ALONSO MEJIA RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner-Appellant,

versus

JANET RENO, as Attorney General of the United States, and the IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE,

Respondents-Appellees.

________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida _________________________ (March 5, 1999)

Before CARNES and HULL, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The Court sua sponte VACATES its opinion in the above-styled case, which

is currently published at 164 F.3d 575 (11th Cir. 1999). The case is resubmitted to

the Court for decision. Petitioner/Appellant’s Motion for Rehearing is DENIED as

MOOT.