COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 71365
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STATE OF OHIO, EX REL.             :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
SCOTTIE HARRISON                   :    MANDAMUS
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        Relator                    :
                                   :    MOTION NO. 82460
     -vs-                          :
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ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY,            :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
ET AL.                             :
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        Respondent                 :
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DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                       APRIL 17, 1997
JUDGMENT:                          DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:  
For Relator:                       For Respondent:
SCOTTIE HARRISON, Pro Se           BETTY D. MONTGOMERY,
10126 South Blvd.                    Attorney General
Cleveland, Ohio 44108              JUDITH L. NEUS,
                                     Assistant Attorney General
                                   Corrections Litigation Section
                                   615 W. Superior Ave., 12th Fl.
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1899
                               -2-
JAMEMS D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
The relator, Scottie  Harrison, commenced  this mandamus action  to
pel the respondent, the Adult Parole Authority, to release him from
son  because  it  had  improperly calculated  his  prison  time and
ause  it had  unreasonably  delayed in  commencing  a final  parole
ocation hearing.  On  March 14, 1997, the respondent filed a motion
dismiss, which this  court considers a motion for  summary judgment
suant to Civ. R. 12(B).  The gravamen of this dispositive motion is
t the case is moot because Mr. Harrison has fully served the prison
tences at issue  and has been released  from prison.    Attached to
  dispositive  motion  is  a  certified  copy  of   Mr.  Harrison's
piration  of Sentence",  which states  that on  February  23, 1997,
ttie Harrison had served the maximum  sentence for the offenses for
ch had been convicted.  This  record specifies Case Nos. CR-333810,
239514 and CR-245086, the cases at issue in the writ.  Furthermore,
 Harrison signed the "Expiration of Sentence" as his acknowledgment
t he had received the record.  Accordingly, this mandamus action is
t; Mr. Harrison has received the requested relief, his release from
son.  
The  respondent's motion to dismiss (Motion  No. 81705) is granted,
 this mandamus action is dismissed.  Relator to pay costs.
RICIA A. BLACKMON, J., CONCURS
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