                                                                         [PUBLISH]

                IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                         FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                          _________________________                FILED
                                                          U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                                                            ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                    No. 97-9232                AUGUST 24, 2001
                            _________________________        THOMAS K. KAHN
                       D.   C. Docket No. 93-00007-3-CR-DF        CLERK

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                                                   Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                       versus

SAMUEL J. HESTER,
                                                             Defendant-Appellant.

                         ___________________________

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Middle District of Georgia
                       ____________________________
                                (August 24, 2001)


Before BLACK, WILSON and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

      Upon the Court’s own motion, the opinion previously rendered in this case on

August 9, 2001, is vacated. The Court will hold the case in abeyance for further

consideration until the en banc court in Nos. 00-13347 & 00-13447, United States v.

Sanchez, issues its decision.
