(ORDER LIST:  531 U.S.)


                           TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2000


                             HABEAS CORPUS DENIED


00-7012     IN RE DANIEL JOE HITTLE
(00A433)

                  The application for stay of execution of sentence of death

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

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