COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 71950
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STATE OF OHIO EX REL.              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
JOHN MANCINI                       :    MANDAMUS
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        Relator                    :
                                   :    MOTION NO. 80891
     -vs-                          :
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SHIRLEY STRICKLAND SAFFOLD         :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS              :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO              :
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        Respondent                 :
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DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                       MARCH 6, 1997
JUDGMENT:                          DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:  
For Relator:                       For Respondent:
JOHN MANCINI, Pro Se               STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES,
No. 323-291                          Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
N.C.C.I.                           L. CHRISTOPHER FREY, Assistant
P. O. Box 1812                       County Prosecutor
Marion, Ohio 43301                 Justice Center, Courts Tower
                                   1200 Ontario Street
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113
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JAMES D. SWEENEY,
 C.J.:
     On January 27,  1997, the petitioner, John  Mancini, commenced
this  mandamus   action  against  the  respondent,   Judge  Shirley
Strickland Saffold, to  compel the  judge to grant  him credit  for
jail time served  in the  underlying case, State  v. John  Mancini,
Cuyahoga Cty. C.P. Case No. CR-337738.  Mr.  Mancini claims that on
September 6, 1996, he  moved the respondent to grant  him jail time
credit, because he is entitled to 90  days of jail time credit, but
the judge credited him with only seven days.  On February 14, 1997,
the  judge,  through  the  Cuyahoga  County Prosecutor,  moved  for
summary  judgment  on the  grounds of  mootness.   Attached  to the
motion  was  a  certified  copy of  a  journal  entry, file-stamped
February  13,  1997, in  the  underlying  case in  which  the judge
granted Mr. Mancini a total of 86 days credit for jail time served.
This  journal entry establishes  that Mr. Mancini  has received the
requested relief, i.e., a ruling on his outstanding motion for jail
time credit, and  that the judge  has performed her  duty.  If  Mr.
Mancini thinks that the respondent  has erred in her determination,
then the proper  remedy is an  appeal.  Accordingly, this  mandamus
action is  moot.  The  motion for summary judgment  is granted, and
this writ action is dismissed.  Respondent to pay costs.
PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, J., CONCURS
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