(ORDER LIST: 519 U.S.)
(ORDER LIST: 519 U.S.)

                           WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1997
                           WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1997



                              HABEAS CORPUS DENIED
                              HABEAS CORPUS DENIED


96-7337           IN RE PAUL RUIZ AND EARL VAN DENTON  
(A-477)

               The application for stay of execution of sentence of death

          presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is

          denied. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied.