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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.