COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT 
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA 
                             NO. 71879 
S/O EX REL., GERALD TAYLOR    :
  JR.                         :
                              :
               RELATOR        :
                              :
                              :      JOURNAL ENTRY
     -vs-                     :           AND
                              :         OPINION
BEDFORD HEIGHTS POLICE        :
  DEPARTMENT                  :
               RESPONDENT     :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
  OF DECISION:                 MARCH 6, 1997      
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:      PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                              MOTION NO. 80936
JUDGMENT:                     WRIT DENIED.  
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:                           
APPEARANCES:
For Relator:                  GERALD TAYLOR JR. (#P00071879)
                              #241-775
                              P.O. BOX 788
                              MANSFIELD, OH  44901
For Respondent:               CHARLES E. MERCHANT (#0012781)
                              5661 PERKINS ROAD
                              BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OH  44146
             COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO  EIGHTH DISTRICT 
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA 
S/O EX REL., GERALD TAYLOR,   :     COA CASE NO. 71879
JR.                           :
                              :     ORIGINAL ACTION
        RELATOR               :
                              :     MOTION NO. 80936
     -vs-                     :           
                              :         
BEDFORD HEIGHTS POLICE        :
DEPARTMENT                    :
        RESPONDENT            :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
  OF DECISION:                 MARCH 6, 1997     
                           JOURNAL ENTRY
     Relator, Gerald Taylor, Jr., seeks a writ of mandamus in order
to compel the respondent, the Bedford Heights Police Department, to
produce copies of public records  which relate to an arrest  of the
relator  on June 15,  1991.  The  respondent has filed  a motion to
dismiss  which  this court  shall  treat  as a  motion  for summary
judgment per Civ.R. 12(B).  For the following  reasons we grant the
respondent's motion for summary judgment.  
     Attached to the respondent's motion for summary judgment is an
affidavit  which  establishes  that the  relator  has  received all
public records as  requested.   Thus, the relator's  request for  a
writ of mandamus has been rendered  moot.  State ex rel. Snider  v.
Stapleton (1992), 65 Ohio St.3d 40; State ex rel. Richard v.  Wells
(1992), 64 Ohio St.3d 76.  
     Accordingly,  we grant  the  respondent's motion  for  summary
judgment.  Costs to relator.  
     Writ denied.  
JAMES M. PORTER, J. and    
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