[PUBLISH]


                  IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                            FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT                           FILED
                                                                     U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                       ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                                                           MAY 24, 2001
                                         No. 97-2618
                                                                        THOMAS K. KAHN
                                                                             CLERK
                           D.C. Docket No. 95-89-CR-T-24-C


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                                  Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                     versus


SIGMA INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
d.b.a. SIGMA U.S.A., INC; CHARLES
STERNISHA, et al.,


                                                                Defendants-Appellants.



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

                                       (May 24, 2001)

Before TJOFLAT, BIRCH and BRIGHT*, Circuit Judges.

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*Honorable Myron H. Bright, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.
PER CURIAM:

      In light of our opinion on rehearing in United States v. Sigma, 

(11th Cir. 2001), the panel's prior opinion, United States v. Sigma, 

(11th Cir. 1999), is hereby VACATED.