                IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 01-60147



ARCADIO MENDEZ-BUENDIA,

                                           Petitioner,

versus

JOHN ASHCROFT,
ATTORNEY GENERAL,

                                           Respondent.

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              Petition for Review of an Order of the
                   Board of Immigration Appeals
                        BIA No. A12-714-437
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                           March 7, 2002
Before REAVLEY, WIENER, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Arcadio Mendez-Buendia petitions for review of an order of

the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) holding that Mendez-

Buendia’s state conviction for felony driving while intoxicated

was an aggravated felony warranting his removal from this

country.   The respondent has moved to dismiss the petition for

review and to remand the case to the BIA for reconsideration in

light of United States v. Chapa-Garza, 243 F.3d 921, 927 (5th

Cir. 2001).    Mendez-Buendia has not replied to the respondent’s

motion to remand.


     *
        Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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     Mendez-Buendia’s petition for review is GRANTED.   The order

of the BIA is VACATED, and this case is REMANDED to the BIA for

disposition consistent with Chapa-Garza, 243 F.3d at 927.   All

other outstanding motions are DENIED.
