COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 72161
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STATE OF OHIO EX REL.              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
MURRAY L. HOLLAMAN                 :    PROCEDENDO
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        Relator                    :
                                   :    MOTION NO. 83207
     -vs-                          :
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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS              :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO              :
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        Respondent                 :
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DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                       MAY 22, 1997
JUDGMENT:                          WRIT DENIED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:  
For Relator:                       For Respondent:
MURRAY L. HOLLAMAN, Pro Se         STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES,
No. 310-894                          Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
Belmont Correctional Institution   DANIEL M. MARGOLIS, Assistant
P. O. Box 540                        County Prosecutor
St. Clairsville, Ohio 43950        Justice Center, Courts Tower
                                   1200 Ontario Street
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113
                               -2-
JAMES D. SWEENEY,
 C.J.:
     Relator requests that  this court  compel respondent judge  to
issue findings of fact  and conclusions of law with respect  to the
petition  for postconviction  relief filed  by relator in  State v.
Hollaman, Cuyahoga County Court of Common  Pleas Case No. CR-319060
on March 15, 1996.
     Respondent has filed a motion for summary judgment (Motion No.
82163) attached to  which is  a copy  of the findings  of fact  and
conclusions of law issued by respondent  and received for filing by
the clerk on March 31, 1997.  Relator has not opposed the motion.
     Furthermore,  relator  failed  to  comply  with Loc.  App.  R.
8(B)(1)  which  requires that  complaints  in original  actions "be
supported by  an affidavit from the plaintiff or relator specifying
the details of the claim."
     Accordingly,  respondent's  motion  for  summary  judgment  is
granted.  Respondent to pay costs.
     Writ denied.
PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, J., CONCURS
.