COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT 
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA 
                             NO. 71405
STATE OF OHIO EX REL             :
NWABUEZE V. OKOCHA               :
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        RELATOR                  :    JOURNAL ENTRY 
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v.                               :        AND 
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PATRICIA A. CLEARY, JUDGE        :      OPINION 
ET AL.                           :
                                 :    MOTION NO.   78820   
        RESPONDENTS              :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT 
OF DECISION:                     FEBRUARY 6, 1997  
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:         MANDAMUS.
JUDGMENT:                        DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:                                          
APPEARANCES:  
For Relator:                     Nwabueze V. Okocha, pro se
                                 P.O. Box 14067
                                 Cleveland, OH  44113
For Court of Common Pleas:       Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Esq.
                                 Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                                 Patrick J. Murphy, Esq.
                                 Assistant County Prosecutor
                                 Justice Center - 8th Floor
                                 1200 Ontario Street
                                 Cleveland, OH  44113
For Judge Patricia Cleary:       Thomas P. Gill, Esq.
                                 75 Public Square, Suite 1320
                                 Cleveland, OH  44113
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DAVID T. MATIA, P.J.:  
   The  respondents'  motion  to dismiss  (Motion  No.  78820) is
granted.  On  October 29, 1996,  this court granted Mr.  Okocha's
application for an  alternative writ by ordering  the respondents
either to vacate the order of March 4, 1996, in Bonner v. Okocha,
Cuyahoga  County  Common  Pleas Court  Case  No.  287654 entering
judgment against Mr.  Okocha in  the amount of  $11,700, or  show
cause why the writ  either in mandamus or prohibition  should not
issue.  On  December 9, 1996,  the respondents complied with  the
alternative writ by  vacating the March 4, 1996 order.  Thus, Mr.
Okocha has received the relief he  has requested, and this matter
is  now  moot.   His  argument  that  the matter  is  capable  of
repetition  yet  evading  review  is  not  persuasive.    If  the
respondents do not abide by the bankruptcy code, Mr. Okocha still
has remedies, including  filing another  writ.  The  respondents'
full compliance eliminates  the need to  extend the life of  this
writ action.  Accordingly, the motion  to dismiss is granted, and
the  motion for  extension of time  and to convert  the motion to
dismiss to a  motion for summary  judgment (Motion No. 79059)  is
denied.   This writ  action is  dismissed.   Respondents to  pays
cost.
                                 DAVID T. MATIA, PRESIDING JUDGE
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