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(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.