COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT 
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA 
                             NO. 69416
STATE OF OHIO EX REL.            :
RICHARD L. GREENSTREET           :
                                 :
        RELATOR                  :    JOURNAL ENTRY 
                                 :
v.                               :        AND 
                                 : 
JUDGE PATRICIA A. CLEARY         :      OPINION 
                                 :
                                 :    MOTION NO. 65786
        RESPONDENT               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT 
OF DECISION:                     SEPTEMBER 5, 1995  
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:         PROHIBITION
JUDGMENT:                        DISMISSED
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:                                          
APPEARANCES:  
For Relator:                     Richard L. Greenstreet, pro se  
                                 Apartment 102           
                                 6930 Carriage Hill Drive
                                 Brecksville, OH  44141  
For Respondent:                  Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Esq.
                                 Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                                 Gregory B. Rowinski, Esq.
                                 Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
                                 Justice Center - 8th Floor
                                 1200 Ontario Street
                                 Cleveland, OH  44113
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MATIA, J.
   The respondent's motion to dismiss  the relator's petition for
a writ of prohibition is granted.  
   The  requisites for prohibition are well established:  (1) the
court against whom  it is  sought is about  to exercise  judicial
power; (2) the exercise of such power is unauthorized by law; and
(3) there is no adequate remedy at law.  Prohibition does not lie
unless it clearly appears  that the court has no  jurisdiction of
the cause which  it is attempting  to adjudicate or  is about  to
exceed its jurisdiction.   State ex rel. Ellis v.  McCabe (1941),
138 Ohio St. 417, paragraph three of  the syllabus.  In addition,
prohibition  will  not issue  to  prevent an  erroneous judgment,
serve the purpose  of appeal,  or correct mistakes  of the  lower
court in  deciding questions within  its jurisdiction.   State ex
rel. Sparto v.  Juvenile Court of  Drake County (1950), 153  Ohio
St. 64.   Finally, prohibition may not be utilized  to review the
regularity of an act already performed.  State ex rel. Celebrezze
v. Court of Common Pleas  of Butler County (1979), 60  Ohio St.2d
188.  
   In the  case sub judice, prohibition does  not lie since:  (1)
the trial court  has already  exercised judicial  power; (2)  the
respondent possesses original jurisdiction  in forcible entry and
detainer actions, concurrent  with municipal courts; and  (3) the
relator does possess an  adequate remedy at law through  a direct
appeal  of the  respondent's  judgment.   R.C.  2305.01; Kuhn  v.
Griffin (1964), 3 Ohio  App.2d 195; State ex rel.  Smith v. Court
of Common Pleas (1982), 70 Ohio St.2d 213.  
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   Accordingly, the writ of prohibition is dismissed.  Relator to
bear costs.  
                                 DAVID T. MATIA, PRESIDING JUDGE
JAMES D. SWEENEY, J. and     
DIANE KARPINSKI, J., CONCUR. 
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