Abebe

FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 03 2005

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CATHY A. CATTERSON, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

ALMAZ SAYOUM ABEBE; SISAY No. 02-72390

MENGISTU,

Agency Nos. A72-693-580 Petitioners, A72-693-581

v.

ORDER

* ALBERTO R. GONZALES , Attorney General,

Respondent.

Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge:

Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused regular active judges of this court

it is ordered that this case be reheard by the en banc court pursuant to Circuit Rule

35-3. The three-judge panel opinion shall not be cited as precedent by or to this

court or any district court of the Ninth Circuit, except to the extent adopted by the

en banc court.

* Alberto R. Gonzales is substituted for his predecessor, John Ashcroft, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2).