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

                           TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1996
                           TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1996



                              HABEAS CORPUS DENIED
                              HABEAS CORPUS DENIED


96-6992                IN RE RICHARD S. ZEITVOGEL  
(A-418)

               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.