(ORDER LIST: 520 U.S.)
(ORDER LIST: 520 U.S.)


                             FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1997
                             FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1997


                              ORDER IN PENDING CASE
                              ORDER IN PENDING CASE


A-741           MARTIN HORN, COMMISSIONER, PENNSYLVANIA 
              DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL., V. MAXINE 
             DAVIDSON WHITE, AS NEXT FRIEND TO GARY HEIDNIK


               The application to stay enforcement of order           directing

stay of execution presented to Justice Souter          and by him referred to

the Court is granted and it is          ordered that the order staying the

                                        execution entered by the United States

                                        District Court on April 18, 1997 is

                                        vacated.

               Justice Stevens, Justice Souter, Justice Ginsburg 

          and Justice Breyer would deny the application to stay.