COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                         COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                             NO. 70409
                                     :     ACCELERATED DOCKET
HENRY J. FANT                        :
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                                     :       JOURNAL ENTRY
            Plaintiff-Appellant      :
                                     :            and
     v.                              :
                                     :          OPINION
GREATER CLEVELAND REGIONAL           :
TRANSIT AUTHORITY                    :
                                     :        PER CURIAM
            Defendant-Appellee       :
                                     :
                                     :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT 
OF DECISION:                         SEPTEMBER 12, 1996
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:             Civil appeal from
                                     Common Pleas Court
                                     Case No. CV-257045
JUDGMENT:                            Affirmed.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:              __________________________
APPEARANCES:
For Plaintiff-Appellant:             For Defendant-Appellee:
HENRY J. FANT, pro se                JUAN E. ADORNO, ESQ.
P.O. Box 14833                       Associate General Counsel
Cleveland, Ohio  44114               Regional Transit Authority
                                     615 West Superior Avenue
                                     Cleveland, Ohio  44113
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PER CURIAM:
     This matter came to be heard  upon the accelerated calendar of
the court pursuant to App.R. 11.1 and Local R. 25, which eliminates
delay  and  expense and  allows the  statement  of reasons  for the
court's decision to be in brief and conclusionary form.
     Plaintiff-appellant, Henry J.  Fant, pro se, appeals  from the
judgment of the trial court denying his motion for attorney's fees.
On  appeal, plaintiff raises one  assignment of error, which states
as follows:
     THE TRIAL  COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY FAILING TO FIND
     THE  DEFENDANT  ACTED  IN   BAD  FAITH,  OR  VEXATIOUSLY,
     WANTONLY OR FOR OPPRESSIVE REASONS.
     Plaintiff argues  he  is entitled  to  attorney fees  for  the
personal  time  he  invested when  pro  se  he  sued defendant  for
refusing  to  provide the  public  records requested.   Plaintiff's
assignment lacks merit.   It is well  settled that in Ohio,  pro se
litigants are not entitled to attorney fees.  State  ex rel. Thomas
v. Ohio State Univ.  (1994), 71 Ohio St.3d 245, 251;  State ex rel.
Fant v. Mengel (1991), 62 Ohio St.3d 197; Fant v. Bd.  of Trustees,
Regional  Transit Auth.  (1990),  50 Ohio  St.3d  72.   Plaintiff's
success in obtaining the public records  he sought must be its  own
reward.    David did  not  receive  attorney  fees for  confronting
Goliath. 
     Judgment affirmed. 
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     It is ordered  that appellee  recover of  appellant its  costs
herein taxed.  
     The court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.
     It is ordered that a  special mandate issue out of  this court
directing the  common  pleas  court  to carry  this  judgment  into
execution.  
     A  certified copy of  this entry shall  constitute the mandate
pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.  
                              DAVID T. MATIA, PRESIDING JUDGE
                              DIANE KARPINSKI, JUDGE
                              TIMOTHY E. McMONAGLE, JUDGE
     N.B. This entry is  an announcement  of the court's  decision.
See App.R. 22(B),  22(D) and 26(A);  Loc.App.R. 27.  This  decision
will be journalized  and will become the judgment and  order of the
court  pursuant to App.R. 22(E) unless a motion for reconsideration
with supporting brief, per  App.R. 26(A), is filed within  ten (10)
days of the announcement of the court's decision.  The time  period
for review by the Supreme Court of Ohio shall begin to run upon the
journalization  of  this court's  announcement  of decision  by the
.