188 F.3d 1291
11th Cir.
1999

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ANGEL CERCEDA, Defendant-Appellant; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus COURTNEY RICARDO ALFORD, a.k.a. “Rickey,” EDWARD BERNARD WILLIAMS, a.k.a. “Bernard,” NATHANIEL DEAN, Defendants-Appellees; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus HECTOR FERNANDEZ-DOMINGUEZ, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus JESUS E. CARDONA, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus CARLOS HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus ADOLFO MESTRIL, a.k.a. “El Gordo,” JOSE HERMINIO BENITEZ, a.k.a. “William Muniz,” a.k.a “Emilio,” HERIBERTO ALVAREZ, ELPIDIO, PEDRO IGLESIAS-CRUZ, a.k.a. “Budweiser,” Defendants-Appellees; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus MINNIE RUTH WILLIAMS, RALPH W. CORKER, Defendants-Appellees; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus HIRAM MARTINEZ, JR., Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus ANGEL CERCEDA, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus DIOGENES PALACIOS, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus FRED DE LA MATA, MANUEL A. CALAS, OSCAR CASTILLA and ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ, Defendants-Appellees; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus STEVEN JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus FRANCISCO JOSE ARIAS, GUSTAVO JAVIER PIRELA-AVILA, Defendants-Appellees; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus ENRIQUE ACOSTA, MILCIADES JIMINEZ, Defendants-Appellees; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus CARLOS A. ZAPATA, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus JOSE MICHAEL VILARINO, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus VICTOR LONG, ISRAEL AEL, MIGUEL CAMPOS, JOSE VISOZO, NARCISCO SUAREZ, and OSCAR KARIN, a.k.a. MAS, Defendants-Appellees; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus JAVIER BONILLA, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus DIOGENES PALACIOS, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus ZAIDA FATIMA BORGE, a.k.a. Gorda, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus FRANCIS JOSEPH BRADLEY, a.k.a. Frank Bradley, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus JAIME A. DURANGO, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus ZAIDA FATIMA BORGE, a.k.a. Gorda, Defendant-Appellee; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus NATHANIEL DEAN, EDWARD BERNARD WILLIAMS, Defendants-Appellees.

Nos. 94-5017, 95-4610, 95-4611, 95-4612, 95-4613, 95-4617, 95-4618, 95-4626, 95-4628, 95-4629, 95-4630, 95-4631, 95-4632, 95-4633, 95-4634, 95-4635, 95-4659, 95-5244, 95-5298, 95-5369, 95-5566, 96-4584, 96-5043, 96-5067

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

November 19, 1998

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC (Opinion April 23, 1998, 139 F.3rd 847)

139 F.3d 847

D. C. Docket Nos. 95-915-CR-WCO, 91-698-CR-WJZ, 91-704-CR-NCR, 92-750-CR-NCR, 92-6023-CR-JAG, 91-681-CR-NCR, 91-6180-CR-JAG, 90-741-CR-SH, 91-915-CR-EBD, 92-39-CR-LCN, 92-230-CR-SM, 92-301-CR-UU-B, 92-573-CR-DLG, 93-1-CR-DLG, 93-31-CR-DLG, 93-72-CR-SM, 91-413-CR-WDF, 91-8033-CR-MARCUS, 92-39-CR-Nesbitt, 92-117-CR-Moreno, 93-319-CR-EBD, 93-31-CR-GRAHAM, 92-117-CR-FAM, 91-698-CR-WJZ

PUBLISH

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, ANDERSON, EDMONDSON, COX, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT and HULL, Circuit Judges.*

B Y T H E C O U R T:

A member of this court in active service having requested a poll on the suggestion of rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in this court in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,

IT IS ORDERED that the above cause shall be reheard by this court en banc. The previous panel‘s opinion is hereby VACATED.

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*Judge Stanley Marcus has recused himself and will not participate.

Senior Judge Paul H. Roney may participate in further proceedings in this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 46(c).