(ORDER LIST:  531 U.S.)


                           THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2000


                               CERTIORARI DENIED


00-6114     FLORES, MIGUEL A. V. JOHNSON, DIR. TX DCJ
(00A233)

                  The application for stay of execution of sentence of death 

            presented to Justice Scalia and by him referred to the C ourt 

            is denied.  The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.

                  Justice Stevens would grant the application for stay of 

            execution.  Justice Souter and Justice Ginsburg would grant the 

            application for stay of execution and the petition for a w rit of 

            certiorari, vacate the judgment, and remand the case to the 

            United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for further 

            consideration in light of  Terry Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. ___ 

            (2000).  Justice Breyer would grant the applica tion for stay of 

            execution and the petition for a writ of certiorari.