(ORDER LIST: 520 U.S.)
(ORDER LIST: 520 U.S.)
                              TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1997
                              TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1997

                              ORDER IN PENDING CASE
                              ORDER IN PENDING CASE

  No. 96-7151.      Debra Faye Lewis, Petitioner v. United States.

                    The order granting the petition for a writ 
               of certiorari is amended to read:

                    The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed
               in forma pauperis is granted.  The petition for a
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               writ of certiorari is granted limited to the following
               question: Whether petitioner was properly charged and
               convicted for the murder of her four-year old stepdaughter
               under the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. S13, and the
               Louisiana child murder statute, 14 La. Rev. Stat. Ann. S30A(5),
               and if not, whether the sentence was proper?